Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after she completes 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar detention

Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim ...

From behind bars, Aung San Suu Kyi casts a long shadow over Myanmar

The democracy campaigner has spent 20 years in total in detention, five of them since being overthrown by a coup.
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Yvette Cooper leads push to free Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar elections begin

The UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, is leading a new push to free Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as sham elections in the country are set to begin. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has ...
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Voices: Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she see freedom?

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she live to see freedom? - COMMENT: After two decades of confinement, Myanmar’s most famous political prisoner is in failing health and faces her ...
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‘Thousands have been killed. Why would I vote?’ Myanmar’s people despair over sham election and plea for Aung San Suu Kyi’s return

Even the mildest public criticism of Myanmar’s military rulers is punished with ferocious jail terms. But in private, hostility to the army and the election is widespread and bitter. Myanmar heads to ...
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Yvette Cooper leads push to free Aung San Suu Kyi

The UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, is leading a new push to free Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as sham elections in the country are set to begin. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has ...
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Sequestered Suu Kyi overshadows military-run Myanmar election

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large over junta-run polls the generals are touting as a return to democracy. The ...