AUNG SAN SUU KYI

The U.N. special envoy to Myanmar says widespread popular resistance to the military's brutal repression shows no sign of abating across much of the country.

Myanmar’s military government has denied reports of a new mass killing of civilians by its troops, instead blaming pro-democracy resistance groups for the deaths of more than 20 people, including three Buddhist monks.

A resident and members of Myanmar's anti-government resistance say soldiers have rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people.

The state of emergency should have expired and ushered in planning for fresh elections. With violence still raging, neither of those things will happen soon.

Myanmar’s military government has announced it is extending a state of emergency it imposed when it seized power two years ago, a move that appears to set back its plans for an election that had been expected in August.

Two years after Myanmar's generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, thousands of people have died in civil conflict and many more have been forced from their homes in a dire humanitarian crisis.

Two years after Myanmar’s military seized power, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is voicing support for the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people

The United Nations says the production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power.

A human rights group and 16 individuals have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Nearly two years on from a brutal military coup, the country has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the rule of law is at grave risk of becoming “the Rule of Lawlessness.”.

Myanmar’s ruling military leader has pardoned over 7,000 prisoners, including some political detainees, and detailed plans for an election later this year during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of independence.

Suu Kyi's supporters and independent analysts say her numerous convictions are an attempt to legitimize the military's seizure of power in Myanmar.

That gives her a total sentence of 33 years, capping a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021.

A court's conviction against Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her with 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since her government was toppled in February 2021.

A legal official says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption in the last of a string of criminal cases against her.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar.

The U.N. General Assembly has rejected attempts by Myanmar’s military junta, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and Libya’s eastern-based government to take their countries’ seats at the United Nations

Two well-informed U.N. diplomats say a key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations

Two well-informed U.N. diplomats say a key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations.

An Australian economist who spent almost two years imprisoned in Myanmar has received a hero’s welcome at Australia’s Parliament House.

Myanmar's expected release of more than 5,700 prisoners is expected to include the U.K.'s former envoy to the Asian country, an Australian economist and a Japanese filmmaker, according to state media.

The release of Vicky Bowman, Sean Turnell and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota comes as the junta faces increasing diplomatic isolation.

President Joe Biden says the United States will work with a strategically vital coalition of southeast Asian nations to build a region that is free, stable, prosperous and secure.

Southeast Asian leaders are convening in Cambodia, faced with the challenge of trying to curtail escalating violence in Myanmar while the country’s military-led government shows no signs of complying with the group’s peace plan.

An escalation of fighting in Rakhine state is overextending the junta's forces and giving local ethnic insurgents an opportunity to consolidate power.

The U_N_ special envoy for Myanmar is warning that the political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled Southeast Asian nation is deepening and taking “a catastrophic toll on the people.”.

Ethnic Kachin rebels say air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the minority group’s main political organization.

Myanmar's central bank has promised improvements and warned against currency manipulation after an international watchdog put the military-controlled country on a terrorism and financial crimes blacklist.

Villagers say the decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a burned-out school in rural Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military.

A bombing near the front gate of Myanmar’s main prison for political detainees has killed at least eight people, including visitors and prison personnel.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges Wednesday that leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges.

Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person to receive the award while in prison or detention.

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster.

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years for violating the official secrets act, on top of a 20-year sentence already handed down by the military junta that took power in 2021.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case along with Australian economist Sean Turnell.

A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has flown to Canada, which she says has granted her asylum.

A model from Myanmar denounced her country’s military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand.

Myanmar’s military-ruled government has denied reports it carried out an air attack on a school that killed at least seven children, accusing the media of distorting the truth.

A school administrator says government helicopters have attacked a school and village in Myanmar, killing at least 13 people including seven children.

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud.

The United Nations says the head of Myanmar’s military-installed government “expressed openness to arranging a meeting at the right time” between U.N. special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the country’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The U.N. says its special envoy for Myanmar has traveled to the Southeast Asian nation for the first time since her appointment last October.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges, adding six years to her earlier 11-year prison sentence.

Top Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Cambodia’s capital are intensifying efforts to stop the escalating violence in Myanmar.

Pro-democracy activists say Myanmar's military authorities have arrested a Japanese video journalist who was filming an anti-government protest in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city.

He and his wife Nilar Thein met in prison and became leading figures for decades in Myanmar's pro-democracy protests.

The execution of the four activists prompted immediate calls from around the world for a moratorium on carrying out any further sentences.

International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners is intensifying with grassroots protests and strong condemnation from world governments.

Those executed were a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two men accused of violence after the country's takeover by the military last year.

Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners who had been accused of a targeted killing after the country’s military takeover last year.

Amnesty International says Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand.

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is testifying for the first time in an election fraud charge against her and two co-defendants.

Sri Lanka is desperate for help to weather its worst crisis in recent memory, but it’s not the only economy that’s in serious trouble as prices of food, fuel and other staples soar, partly due to the war in Ukraine.

Myanmar’s military has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison where she will have quarters separate from other detainees

Myanmar’s military has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison where she will have quarters separate from other detainees.

Legal officials say ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from a secret detention location to a prison in the capital.

The United Nations' humanitarian relief agency says the number of people displaced within strife-torn Myanmar has exceeded 1 million for the first time.

Myanmar’s military government and its opponents are trading accusations over a bomb that exploded Tuesday in the middle of the country’s largest city, Yangon, killing one and wounding nine others.

U.N. diplomats say China and Russia have blocked the U.N. Security Council from issuing a statement expressing concern at the violence and serious humanitarian situation in Myanmar and the “limited progress” on implementing a regional plan to restore peace to the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation

President Joe Biden says he’s nominating one of his top national security aides to serve as his ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

President Joe Biden is hosting leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as his administration tries to show that the United States hasn’t lost focus on the Pacific.

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial in the latest corruption case filed against her.

More than 1,400 dignitaries and government officials are expected to attend the funeral of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright​ at Washington National Cathedral.

The country's deposed leader is facing numerous other charges from the ruling military junta that could keep her behind bars — and out of politics — for more than 100 years.

Her supporters and independent legal experts consider her prosecution an unjust move to discredit Suu Kyi and legitimize the military's 2021 seizure of power.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison.

Having reclaimed power in Myanmar after a brief period of limited democracy, the military continued to clamp down on civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party.

The White House says President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit.

Myanmar’s leader has vowed to intensify action against homegrown militia groups fighting the military-run government, saying the armed forces would “annihilate” them.

Long-delayed step highlights what U.S. officials say was a premeditated attempt to wipe out a vulnerable minority.

America finally used the word human rights activists had long argued applied to the campaign against Rohingya Muslims.

More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the report says.

A longtime relief worker says Myanmar's army is targeting civilians in fighting on a scale unmatched in the country since World War II.

Several top Myanmar celebrities who were detained for criticizing the army's seizure of power have been released from prison under pardons issued by the military government.

With even the other nations of Southeast Asia turning away from it, Myanmar only has Russia left as an ally and source of weapons.

Myanmar forces are accused of raping, killing and torching thousands of homes, forcing more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee from Rakhine in 2017.

Lawyers for Gambia are urging the United Nations’ top court to throw out Myanmar’s preliminary objections that seek to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority

Myanmar’s shadow civilian administration has called on the United Nations’ top court not to allow the country’s military rulers to represent the Southeast Asian nation at hearings into a case accusing the country of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority

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The ousted leader, who has been detained since last February's military takeover, is already being tried on five other corruption charges. Each is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.

Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of the military-installed government.

A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of the military-installed government. Suu Kyi’s supporters and independent analysts say the charges against her are contrived to legitimize the military’s seizure of power and prevent her from returning to politics.

The case is among many brought against the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate since the army seized power on Feb. 1.

Reports from Myanmar say the military has unleashed airstrikes and heavy artillery on a small town controlled by ethnic guerrillas, sending hundreds of people fleeing across a river into Thailand

Suu Kyi may spend the rest of her life in political prison, but the fight for democracy in Myanmar rages on.

The sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi is a blow to Myanmar’s democratic aspirations, but worldwide fervor over her fate had already faded.

Suu Kyi's decades-long push for democracy has made her a Nobel laureate, and a persistent thorn in the side of Myanmar's military overlords. Now she's facing decades in prison.

The verdicts come in what is seen as a sham trial to silence a flawed, but popular democracy leader amid growing chaos in the Southeast Asian nation.

A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted since the army seized power on Feb. 1, preventing her National League for Democracy party from starting a second five-year term in office. If found guilty in all the cases she faces, she could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.

Witnesses in Yangon say an army vehicle barreled into a peaceful march of anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar’s biggest city, reportedly killing at least three people

The court agreed with a defense motion to allow testimony from an additional witness. On Feb. 1, the army seized power — arresting Suu Kyi and blocking her party from a second term in office.

Widespread electoral fraud allegations were the main reason cited by the military for its Feb. 1 seizure of power that toppled Suu Kyi's government.

The move comes days after a regional bloc of nations snubbed the country's ruling junta, disinviting coup leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming summit.

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Burma) — Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing declared himself the Prime Minister of the country on Aug. 1. The country would go for elections in 2023, as per the new prime minister. Myanmar’s military overthrew its democratically elected National League for Democracy government in February, claiming the election had been marred by fraud. Residents and human rights activists are accusing the junta of using the pandemic to consolidate power and suppress the opposition in the country. (With inputs from ANI)Edited by Amrita Das and Praveen Pramod TewariThe post Myanmar’s Junta Leader Declares Himself Prime Minister, Calls For Elections In 2023 appeared first on Zenger News.

Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar’s military leader has repeated his pledge to hold fresh elections in two years and cooperate with Southeast Asian nations on finding a political solution for his country

Prisoners inside Myanmar’s most notorious jail held a protest Friday, singing popular songs opposing the military government and chanting political slogans, according to nearby residents and to video uploaded to social media. One video showed a street close to Insein Prison in Yangon with clear audio of voices shouting support for ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted President Win Myint.

Myanmar’s military rulers are again seeking to replace the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, who opposed their Feb. 1 ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and takeover of the government. Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin says in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that he has appointed Aung Thurein, who left the military this year after 26 years, as Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador.

Myanmar’s military-installed government and those seeking to topple it on Monday marked the 74th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s recently ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. It also highlights the complicated relationship of Suu Kyi and the military to her father, whose legacy they both claim. There were protest marches Monday in several cities across the country commemorating Aung San, six Cabinet colleagues and two other officials who were killed at a Cabinet meeting less than six months before Britain formally handed independence to Myanmar, then called Burma.