Aung San Suu Kyi

Burmese politician and democracy activist (born 1945)

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi, is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and democracy activist who served as state counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.

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Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest in Myanmar - reports Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, according to the country's military government. Sky News - Published on April 17, 2024
Aung San Suu Kyi receives partial pardon from Myanmar's military junta but to stay under house arrest Myanmar's junta has pardoned ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for some of the offences she denies - more than two years after she was detained as part of a military coup. Sky News - Published on August 1, 2023
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for another seven years The ousted leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been sentenced to a further seven years in prison for alleged corruption. Sky News - Published on December 30, 2022

Ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi imprisoned for three more years as former UK ambassador to Myanmar also jailed Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to three more years in prison, as a former UK ambassador to the country was separately also jailed. Sky News - Published on September 2, 2022
Suu Kyi to be jailed for 6 more yrs in graft cases The 77-year-old Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to military rule has been charged with at least 18 offences ranging from graft to election violations, carrying combined maximum.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 16, 2022
Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison for corruption Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of corruption. Sky News - Published on April 27, 2022

Foreign Secretary request to meet Suu Kyi turned down Myanmar’s ruling military leadership rejected the request of foreign secretary Harsh Shringla, who is on his first official visit to that country since the February coup, for a meeting with jailed.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 23, 2021
India provides 10 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines, 10,000 tonnes of rice and wheat to Myanmar The assistance was announced during the visit of foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is in the country on a two-day tour, the first such high-level outreach from India after Myanmar's.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 23, 2021
In a first since Suu Kyi ouster, Shringla to visit Myanmar today IndiaTimes - Published on December 21, 2021
Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives four-year jail sentence Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received a four-year jail sentence as a court delivers the first verdicts in a number of cases which could see her imprisoned for decades. Sky News - Published on December 6, 2021