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Myanmar civilian leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi given 4 year sentence following a closed-door trial
Suu Kyi and deposed President Win Myint were found guilty of inciting unrest and violating COVID-19…
Cheryl Teh
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi detained in early-morning raid
Suu Kyi, once renowned as a pro-democracy campaigner, has more recently made headlines by denying g…
Charles Davis
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Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further 7 years in prison, bringing total to 33 years
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate will likely spend the rest of her life in prison after a military co…
Marielle Descalsota
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Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of another human-rights award as legal net squeezes Myanmar's generals
Aung San Suu Kyi greets Burmese immigrants at Talad Talay Thai Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. Myanmar's…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
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The Aung Sang Suu Kyi facing a coup today is not the Nobel prize winning peace icon she once was
In an interview a few years after Burma stepped out of a 40-year-old military rule, Aung Sang Suu K…
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In Myanmar, economic opportunity and a renewed commitment to democracy are on the horizon if leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants them
She could jump-start Myanmar's economy by implementing business-friendly reforms to encourage inves…
John Walsh
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Canada's parliament unanimously voted to strip Myanmar's leader of her honorary citizenship
Suu Kyi has been criticized for her handling of the Myanmar government's crackdown on Rohingya Musl…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their sentences
"I wonder whether very many people have actually read the summary of the judgment which had nothing…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper,Reu…
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Mike Pence grilled Myanmar leader Suu Kyi directly to her face over the Rohingya crisis
Pence said: "In America, we believe in our democratic institutions and ideals, including a free and…
Alexandra Ma
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Myanmar's suppression of the Rohingya, explained in 30 seconds
An ethnic cleansing campaign since August 2017 has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee…
Rebecca Aydin
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Facebook blames a 'technical issue' for the vulgar translation of Xi Jinping's name
According to the statement, Facebook did not have Xi's name in its Burmese database, which led to t…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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China and Russia blocked the UN from condemning Myanmar's military coup
Myanmar's military seized power on Monday, detaining politicians, and imposing a state of emergency…
Bill Bostock
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Myanmar's military has already replaced ministry officials as citizens feel the 'hard-fought battle for democracy' has been lost
The military has already announced replacements for 11 of the 24 ministers and deputies that have b…
Erin Snodgrass
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Myanmar's military says it's taking over as world leaders look on in shock
Earlier Monday, several top government officials, including Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myin…
Julie Gerstein
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Trump's baseless claims of election fraud gave 'fresh rhetorical ammunition' to despots like Myanmar's generals, who just staged a coup
Myanmar's generals predicated the coup on eerily similar grounds to Trump's effort to overturn the …
John Haltiwanger
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We decoded the clever signs, symbols, and songs at Myanmar's pro-democracy protests
These are the signs and symbols protesters are using as Myanmar's military brutally cracks down on …
Havovi Cooper,Austin Meyer,Ri…
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Facebook removes Myanmar military's main news page
The move comes a day after two people were killed protesting against the coup, the BBC reported.…
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ASEAN leaders are under fire for meeting with Myanmar's military as pro-democracy leaders call the junta a 'terrorist group'
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations invited the military representative to join a…