A court in Myanmar has ordered the auction in March of the Yangon villa belonging to imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where the Nobel laureate spent more than 15 years under house arrest. In a ruling on Thursday, the country’s Supreme Court ordered the property to be auctioned on March 20, with the reserve … Read more
On November 17, 2022, the Australian economist Sean Turnell was released from prison in Myanmar after nearly two years of isolation. As an adviser to the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi who had spent many years living and working in the country, Turnell was arrested shortly after the military coup that unfolded on … Read more
Advertisement Yesterday, Myanmar’s military-led government announced that it had reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to coincide with the beginning of Buddhist Lent. As The Associated Press reported, junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing granted the clemency order to reduce the sentences in five cases against Aung San Suu … Read more
Advertisement Myanmar’s brutal ruling generals know only one modus operandi: repression and lies. That means arresting, imprisoning and torturing critics, raping and bombing civilians, and persecuting ethnic and religious minorities, and then denying it. From time to time they make a gesture that is designed to imply leniency but is in fact purely cosmetic – … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Despite the minor reduction in her prison sentence, the 78-year-old Nobel laureate still faces 27 years in prison. Myanmar’s then leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2020. Credit: AP Photo, File Advertisement Myanmar’s military-led government has reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung … Read more
Then Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi poses with a rose named in her honor during a visit to Kunming, China on May 17, 2017. Credit: Depositphotos Advertisement Myanmar’s military government has transferred deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to a government building in the capital Naypyidaw, an official from her party … Read more