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POLITICAL PRISONERS IN MYANMAR
Singapore diplomat, Myanmar activist, Bangladeshi aid giver win Magsaysay awardsThree Asian individuals received the Ramon Magsaysay Awards for their significant contributions. A Singaporean lawyer led the adoption of t...- Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red CrossMyanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi met an ICRC representative. Photographs showed Suu Kyi smiling and cutting a birthday cake. Her ...
- Quote of the Day by Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who…’Quote of the Day by Aung San Suu Kyi argues that fear shapes choices for leaders and ordinary people alike. Aung San Suu Kyi's quote highli...
- ASEAN ministerial talks: Iran war, Myanmar crisis and South China Sea rifts under spotlightSoutheast Asian diplomats are meeting in Manila to discuss escalating Middle East conflicts. They will express alarm over renewed hostiliti...
- Former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest in MyanmarFormer Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. Her sentence was reduced as part of a prisoner amnesty f...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Aung San Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist Sean Turnell gets 3 yearsAung San Suu Kyi received a three-year sentence after being tried and convicted with Turnell under the secrets law, said the official, who ...
- India pitches for Myanmar's early return to democracyThese issues were on top of agenda when foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla visited the country on December 22-23. During his meetings...
- 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...
- 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...
- Escalating Myanmar violence 'unacceptable': UN chief"It is absolutely unacceptable to see violence against people at such high levels, so many people killed, and such a stubborn refusal to ac...
- Six killed in protests in Myanmar as U.S., allies vow to restore democracyThree people were killed and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, two wi...
- World powers push Myanmar on political reformsWorld powers on Saturday called on Myanmar's military rulers to make "tangible" progress on political reforms ahead of a planned visit by U...
- India urged to pressure MyanmarAn international forum urged Asian powers India and China on Thursday to exert greater pressure on the military junta in neighbouring Myanm...
- UN Security Council'strongly deplores' Myanmar crackdownIn its first public statement on Myanmar unrest, the UN Security Council has “strongly deplored” the use of violence by the military junta ...
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