Myanmar’s military junta has pardoned nearly 5,000 prisoners as part of an annual new year’s amnesty, but there are no ...

Ms Suu Kyi has been held in detention in a prison in Naypyidaw since the fall of her government in 2021, with calls demanding ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader of Myanmar, is reported to have survived last week’s devastating earthquake unharmed in the prison cell where she is kept in solitary confinement.

Watch The Independent’s documentary Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi The amnesty coincides with Thingyan, Myanmar’s traditional new year festival, and follows a 7.7-magnitude ...

It is impossible to understand Aung San Suu Kyi, or Myanmar, without understanding Buddhism. Yet this underlying story has often been eclipsed as the world has focused instead on military ...

including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint.” As of Thursday evening there was no confirmation that any of the estimated 22,000 political prisoners held in Myanmar were ...

Fighting across civil war-ravaged Myanmar has continued as the military ... including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint,” she said. In a statement, the UN high ...