Myanmar commutes ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence again, lawyer saysAung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's former leader, has had her sentence reduced again. She now has over 18 years left to serve. This comes as part ...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
Myanmar frees Aung San Suu Kyi ally, stirs faint hopes for democracyMyanmar's military leadership has pardoned former president Win Myint. This move raises questions about the fate of detained leader Aung Sa...
18 Apr, 2026, 11.11 AM IST
Myanmar cuts Aung San Suu Kyi sentence, frees former presidentMyanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced. This comes as part of an amnesty granted by the new president. Suu K...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
Myanmar leader commutes all death sentencesMyanmar's leader commuted all death sentences in a blanket order on Friday, one of his first official acts since the 2021 coup leader was i...
17 Apr, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing sworn in as presidentMyanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has become president. This follows a military coup five years ago. He took power after an election ex...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat waveAung San Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners...
17 Apr, 2024, 10.02 AM IST
Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi jailed for total of 33 yearsThe court's action leaves her with a total of 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the a...
31 Dec, 2022, 12.32 AM IST
Former UK envoy to Myanmar Vicky Bowman, husband jailed for allegedly breaching immigration laws, now releasedIn September, Vicky Bowman and her spouse, the Burmese artist Htein Lin, received a year in prison for allegedly breaking Myanmar's Immigra...
17 Nov, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
Myanmar releases foreigners including Australian economist Sean Turnell from prisonMyanmar Now, an independent news outlet, cited the military council as saying the pardons were granted because it was Myanmar National Day....
17 Nov, 2022, 09.03 AM IST
Eight killed as parcel bombs and gunfire rock Myanmar's biggest jailThe seriously injured were evacuated from the prison, while others were treated at nearby shops. A number of cases scheduled to be heard in...
19 Oct, 2022, 06.30 PM IST
Myanmar executes four democracy activists, drawing condemnation and outrageMyanmar executes four democracy activists, drawing condemnation and outrage.
25 Jul, 2022, 10.09 AM IST
Crowds outside Myanmar's prisons greet freed detaineesThe head of the army-installed government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, announced the amnesty covering more than 5,600 people on Monday. St...
20 Oct, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Myanmar military court sentences journalists to jailAung Kyaw, 31, a reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma, and Zaw Zaw, 38, a freelance reporter for the online news agency Mizzima, were...
03 Jun, 2021, 06.05 PM IST
UN chief Antonio Guterres demands immediate halt to Myanmar 'repression'"Release the prisoners. End the violence. Respect human rights, and the will of the people expressed in recent elections," he said, insisti...
22 Feb, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Rohingya inmates in India await clarity on repatriationThe fate of prisoners in West Bengal and other states belonging to Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya community remains uncertain since Myanmar ...
28 Aug, 2015, 09.17 PM IST
- India urged to pressure Myanmar
An international forum urged Asian powers India and China on Thursday to exert greater pressure on the military junta in neighbouring Myanm...
17 Jan, 2008, 08.39 PM IST
- UN Security Council'strongly deplores' Myanmar crackdown
In its first public statement on Myanmar unrest, the UN Security Council has “strongly deplored” the use of violence by the military junta ...
13 Oct, 2007, 12.11 AM IST