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Wearing roses criminalised in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81

Women are being urged to wear roses in their hair, people are encouraged to offer roses at Buddhist temples, and the protest against the military junta is being widely promoted on social media amid fears Suu Kyi is no longer alive

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Suu Kyi’s son ‘very disappointed’ by India hosting Myanmar’s president

Kim Aris says international community should move beyond expressions of concern and press for concrete action to secure his mother’s release

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son launches campaign demanding Myanmar military provide proof of life

Kim Aris asks for members of public to take part in ‘81 for 81’ campaign ahead of Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s birthday

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Myanmar’s leader begins India visit as new military-backed government seeks to end years of isolation

Former junta leader’s first foreign trip since taking on civilian role of president set to focus on security and regional ties

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son says there is ‘no credible proof’ his mother is alive

Kim Aris calls on Myanmar’s new government to ‘show proof of life’

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son seeks help from France to prove his mother is alive after house arrest

France and Philippines to mount international pressure on Myanmar to allow access to Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Son of Myanmar's ousted leader appeals to Macron for help in securing proof of life

The military's 2021 takeover prompted widespread public protests, whose violent suppression by security forces triggered an armed resistance that has now led to a state of civil war.

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to house arrest after over five years in prison

Former leader moved out of prison after commutation of portion of her sentence

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Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest in Naypyidaw

Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta since a deadly civil war erupted after the February 2021 coup

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Myanmar reduces ousted leader Suu Kyi's prison term in new amnesty

Myanmar’s military-backed government shortened the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris hit outs at Myanmar’s token prison sentence cut: ‘This is not justice’

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son says small reductions in jailed leader’s prison term are only designed to placate the international community

The Independent UK

Once on the back foot, Myanmar's military now looks set to resume offensive in bloody civil war

A little more than a year ago, the government’s military was on the back foot in Myanmar’s bloody civil war, pushed out of great swaths of the country’s north by an alliance of seasoned militias, and forced into defensive action around the rest of the country by other established groups…

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Concerns over welfare of imprisoned Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi

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Thai foreign minister raises concerns over Aung San Suu Kyi in meeting with Myanmar leader

Myanmar's coup leader-turned-president told Asean is worried about Suu Kyi’s wellbeing

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Myanmar cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s 27-year sentence by one-sixth, but Nobel laureate remains in prison

Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, but the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains in detention at an undisclosed location.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer says her prison sentence has been reduced

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Myanmar reduces Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence, her lawyer says

Prospects for former leader’s release from solitary confinement remain unclear

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No signs of Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar releases 4,500 prisoners in annual amnesty

Thousands granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon order by president Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional new year

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The Independent UK

Why Myanmar’s new government is just a ‘junta in civilian clothing’

ANALYSIS: As the general who led the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s government sheds his uniform to take over as president, analysts tell Shweta Sharma what it means for a country ravaged by a civil war and an economic crisis

The Independent UK

Who is president Min Aung Hlaing? Former general consolidating Myanmar military’s grip on power

In February of 2021, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing wrested power from the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and effectively plunged the Southeast Asian country into a civil war.

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta chief who led coup against Aung San Suu Kyi nominated for presidency

Min Aung Hlaing set to become next president of Myanmar following ‘sham’ general elections

The Independent UK

What to know as military-led Myanmar transitions back to an elected government

Myanmar’s Parliament has begun choosing a new president to lead an elective government, though the military retains power and influence

The Independent UK

No sign of Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar’s military pardons 10,000 prisoners

Freed prisoners include 10 foreigners who will be deported

The Independent UK

Myanmar's new parliament is to convene next month for its first session after elections

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair

The Independent UK

Military-backed party set for victory as Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election concludes

Junta leader expected to assume presidency when new parliament meets

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