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How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’

ON THE GROUND: Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

The Independent UK

Third attempt to auction off the home of Myanmar's ousted Aung San Suu Kyi fails to draw any bidders

A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unsuccessful as the property in a country embroiled in a civil war failed to attract any bidders

The Independent UK

Myanmar Junta Bid To Sell Suu Kyi Mansion Flops For Third Time

Myanmar's junta failed in its attempt to auction Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion on Wednesday, with no bids submitted for the former democracy leader's home -- the third time the sale has flopped.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son pleads with Myanmar's military dictatorship to free his mother

Kim Aris calls for release of ‘last flame of hope for democracy’ in the country

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David Lammy calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi

The Foreign Secretary said Britain had ‘not forgotten’ those ‘arbitrarily detained’ by the military regime which leads Myanmar.

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Foreign secretary David Lammy makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Exclusive: Cabinet minister demands she be freed after Independent TV documentary examines her rise and fall – and the plight of the people of Myanmar

The Independent UK

As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country.

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The Independent’s documentary hailed for shining light on ‘reprehensible’ jailing of Aung San Suu Kyi

Bianca Jagger, ‘Wild Swans’ author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life

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Japanese filmmaker whose arrest caused international outcry backs calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship

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Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty

There was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, was among those pardoned

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Head of Aung San Suu Kyi’s former Oxford college backs calls for her release

Exclusive: Lady Elish Angiolini, the principal of St Hugh’s College, has written to the government of Myanmar

The Independent UK

Ex-minister who witnessed ‘horrible’ Myanmar military violence joins calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

Paul Scully, whose family left Myanmar for Britain, saw ‘horrible things’ as Rohingya Muslim minority suffered violence and persecution

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Myanmar’s government-in-exile says Suu Kyi’s detention a stark reminder of brutal junta rule: ‘Inhumane’

Exclusive: National Unity Government hopes Independent TV documentary on ousted leader ‘will wake up international community’ to repression in the country

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Rats and ‘horrible black tarantulas’: Sean Turnell’s 20 months in prison in Myanmar

The Australian economist and former adviser to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said his time in prison made him reassess everything

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris begs for her release from Myanmar prison

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release amid fears for her health after four years in a brutal military prison

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‘Myanmar is under the yoke of a pariah regime’: Calls grow in UK for release of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison

Two former UK foreign ministers join call for action after William Hague told Independent documentary it is possible to be critical of former Myanmar leader ‘but also say we should be campaigning for her release’

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

Aung San Suun Kyi’s imprisonment in a jungle jail marks the rise and fall of one of the world’s most iconic women as her country Myanmar is forgotten by the world, writes Peter Popham

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Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner turned global pariah was toppled by the military leaders of Myanmar in 2021 and sentenced to 27 years in prison

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Deaths And Repression Sideline Suu Kyi's Party Ahead Of Myanmar Vote

Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar's ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say.

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Senior member of Myanmar's former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence

Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, has died

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A proposed UN resolution on Myanmar condemns military attacks on civilians and urges peace efforts

Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts

International Business Times

No Bids As House Of Myanmar's Suu Kyi Auctioned Again

The lakeside mansion where Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest was put up for auction for the second time on Thursday but once again attracted no bids, AFP reporters said.

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Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

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Myanmar Protests Mark Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday

Supporters in Myanmar protest military rule and demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on her 79th birthday.

International Business Times

Son Of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'Concerned' As Mother Marks Birthday In Junta Detention

The son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "concerned" about her health, he told AFP on Wednesday, as the Nobel laureate turned 79, passing another birthday in military detention.

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