Tag: Aung San Suu Kyi

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on ...

Demonstrators clash with police amidst a cloud of smoke during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border

11 April 2022, 7:30 AM

10 January 2022, 10:26 AM

Myanmar's military conducted airstrikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of ...

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to the nation over Rakhine and Rohingya situation, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

by Tshepiso Moche

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further four years in jail on Monday, the latest ...

Protesters defend themselves from the troops in Kale, Sagaing region.

ASEAN calls summit on Myanmar crisis as EU imposes sanctions

20 April 2021, 7:12 AM

Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday, the ASEAN bloc's secretariat ...

Fighting continued into Thursday morning and at least 11 protesters were killed and about 20 wounded, the media said.

11 killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns, firebombs: media

8 April 2021, 8:09 PM

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town ...

Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing eight people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.

Five killed in Myanmar as troops open fire on protesters

7 April 2021, 10:05 AM

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding several, media said, as activists ...

Activists also called for a day of silence to commemorate the victims of the violence and for a day of religious observance on Saturday

Myanmar protesters defy military as internet curbs test resolve

by Nthabi Thipa

5 April 2021, 9:47 AM

Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi government on Monday and called for more ...

Demonstrators hold placards with the image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar

Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s official secrets act

1 April 2021, 4:47 PM

Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said ...

Escaping villagers from the Karen State are pictured in an unidentified location on March 28, 2021, in this picture obtained from social media.

Myanmar protesters launch ‘garbage strike’; two killed as death toll tops 500

30 March 2021, 2:20 PM

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose ...

Mourners fled the shooting in Bago at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters.

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

28 March 2021, 6:04 PM

Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn ...

View of an empty street during a silent strike against the coup, in Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta frees hundreds of prisoners

24 March 2021, 9:46 AM

Myanmar’s junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal crackdown on protests on Wednesday.

The Karen National Union (KNU), the ethnic armed group that controls the southeastern region, said fighter jets attacked Day Pu Noe village at around 8 p.m., forcing villagers to flee.

Myanmar junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking bribes as eight killed in anti-coup protests

by SABC

11 March 2021, 2:37 PM

Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday of accepting illegal payments, while eight people were ...

The bloodshed has not quelled public anger over the return of military rule, the ouster of the elected government and the detention of its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Sporadic protests in Myanmar after hundreds escape overnight security siege

by Celestine Hendricks

9 March 2021, 3:26 PM

Myanmar security forces quickly snuffed out sporadic anti-junta protests on Tuesday after hundreds of young activists who had been trapped ...

A witness said police opened fire to break up a protest in the historic temple town of Bagan but it was not clear if they were using rubber bullets or live ammunition.

Thousands of protesters out in full force on Myanmar streets after overnight raids

by Antoinette Ballack

7 March 2021, 7:46 AM

Tens of thousands of people came out in Myanmar on Sunday in one of the biggest days of protest against ...

Police opened fire and used teargas to break up protests in Yangon and the central town of Monywa.

Myanmar police break up protests again after bloodiest day since coup

by Lebo Tshangela

4 March 2021, 9:39 AM

Myanmar police broke up demonstrations in several places with tear gas and gunfire on Thursday but there was no immediate ...

Suu Kyi, aged 75, looked in good health during her appearance before a court in the capital Naypyidaw, one of her lawyers said

Myanmar court files two more charges against Suu Kyi

1 March 2021, 2:39 PM

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing on Monday, the first time ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern by the increased death toll and serious injuries, calling the use of lethal force against peaceful protesters and arbitrary arrests unacceptable.

Guterres lambasts violent crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar

1 March 2021, 10:15 AM

25 February 2021, 3:10 PM

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned violent crackdown against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar.

A journalist and a police officer take pictures of each other as people protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar: The revolution will be Facebook-lived

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

With established media under ever greater pressure, the story of Myanmar’s anti-coup protests is being shaped for its people and ...

Demonstrators protest against a military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar.

Western countries step up pressure on Myanmar junta as protesters defy warnings

23 February 2021, 12:51 PM