Aung San Suu Kyi
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What compelled Myanmar's military general to announce election dates? Here's the inside story
World | March 08, 2025 18:05 ISTThe election dates have been announced as Myanmar witnesses civil war-like scenario. The Army is also forced to remain defensive against pro-democracy militants.
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Myanmar's military slashes ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's prison sentences
World | August 01, 2023 15:25 ISTThe clemency was announced a day after Myanmar's military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government two and a half years ago.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest: Report
World | July 28, 2023 9:23 ISTMyanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a 33-year punishment, subsequent to being imprisoned in closed-door, military-run trials.
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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi found guilty of corruption, to serve 33 years of jail term
World | December 30, 2022 13:36 ISTAfter coming to power, Suu Kyi was criticised for showing deference to the military while ignoring atrocities it is credibly accused of committing in a 2017 crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority.
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Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi of vote fraud, adds jail time
World | September 02, 2022 13:57 ISTSuu Kyi had already been sentenced to 17 years in prison on charges of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating coronavirus restrictions, sedition and five counts of corruption.
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 4 more years in prison
World | January 10, 2022 19:39 ISTSuu 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.
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Myanmar court postpones latest Aung San Suu Kyi verdict
World | December 20, 2021 14:42 ISTThe postponed verdict from the court in the capital, Naypyitaw, is for the second among multiple cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the army seized power on Feb. 1, ousting her elected government and arresting top members of her National League for Democracy party.
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A timeline of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's political life
India | December 06, 2021 14:43 ISTAung San Suu Kyi moved to New Delhi in 1960 when her mother was appointed ambassador to India. She then spent most of her young adult life in the United States and England.
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Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years in jail
World | December 06, 2021 13:27 ISTSuu Kyi's trials are closed to the media and spectators, and her lawyers, who had been the sole source of information were served with gag orders forbidding them from releasing information.
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Seven more dead in fresh Myanmar protests, Suu Kyi faces new charge
World | March 12, 2021 9:05 ISTAt least seven people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters in two towns on Thursday.
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Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup, Suu Kyi detained
World | February 02, 2021 19:45 ISTHundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Military supporters gather by Yangon People's Park
News | February 02, 2021 18:21 ISTDozens of supporters of Myanmar's military returned to the streets of Yangon on Tuesday, a day after its move to seize control of the country and the reported detention of leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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UN Security Council to discuss situation in Myanmar following military coup
World | February 02, 2021 11:24 ISTThe UN Security Council on Tuesday will discuss the situation in Myanmar, where the military staged a coup after detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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UN Chief strongly condemns detention of political leaders, transfer of powers to military in Myanmar
World | February 01, 2021 11:24 ISTUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern over the transfer of powers to the military, calling it a serious blow to democratic reforms in the country.
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India urges Myanmar to uphold democracy after coup
India | February 01, 2021 10:54 ISTIndia on Monday expressed "deep concern" over the military coup in Myanmar which has been placed under a state of emergency for one year, urging the neighbouring country to uphold the rule of law and the democratic process.
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Myanmar military stages coup, declares emergency for one year; Suu Kyi detained
World | February 01, 2021 9:06 ISTMyanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained.
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Myanmar president Win Myint, Aung San Suu Kyi detained after military coup
World | February 01, 2021 6:51 ISTReports says a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest.
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Aung Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition
World | November 08, 2020 21:10 ISTVoters in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, turned up early Sunday in large numbers to vote in nationwide elections that are expected to return to power the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Prevent Rohingya genocide: UN court orders Myanmar
World | January 23, 2020 16:41 ISTThe United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya. The court's president, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the International Court of Justice "is of the opinion that the Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable.”
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Nobel laureate Suu Kyi defends Myanmar army in genocide case
World | December 11, 2019 23:23 ISTNobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi denied Wednesday that Myanmar's armed forces committed genocide.
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