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Myanmar's junta has been accused of carrying out multiple attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance to its 2021 coup

29 dead in military strike on Myanmar camp, say rebels

Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area has said.

World • 10 Oct 23

Aung San Suu Kyi has been in detention since 2021 (File image)

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi receives partial pardon

Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media has said.

World • 01 Aug 23

Prison security officials prepare for the release of inmates outside Insein prison

Briton and Australian released from Myanmar prison

A former British ambassador and an Australian economist have been freed from prison in Myanmar and were due to leave for Thailand, a diplomatic source has said.

World • 17 Nov 22

Suu Kyi - who denies all charges against her - faces five other corruption charges, in a trial which Amnesty International has slammed as a sham

Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years for corruption

Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.

World • 12 Oct 22

Aung San Suu Kyi has been in detention since February 2021

Suu Kyi jailed for 3 years on electoral fraud charge

A Myanmar junta court has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail for electoral fraud during 2020 polls her party won in a landslide, a source with knowledge of the case said.

World • 02 Sep 22

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since a coup in February last year

Court jails Aung Suu Kyi for six years for corruption

A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader's prison time to 17 years.

World • 15 Aug 22

Aung Suu Kyi had been under house arrest since last year's coup (File image)

Aung Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman has said.

World • 23 Jun 22

Aung San Suu Kyi has called the allegations 'absurd'

Suu Kyi given five-year jail term for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said.

World • 27 Apr 22

Ms Suu Kyi has been detained since her civilian government was ousted in a coup last year

Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in court after health no-show

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned to a junta court today after skipping a previous hearing because she felt unwell, a source with knowledge of the case said.

World • 04 Feb 22

Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of three criminal charges

Aung Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison

A Myanmar junta court has convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a number of cases against the ousted civilian leader.

World • 10 Jan 22

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since 1 February and she is due to serve two years in detention at an undisclosed location (file pic)

Myanmar junta chief halves Aung San Suu Kyi jail term

Myanmar's junta chief gas reduced the jail sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years, after initially doling out four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules.

World • 06 Dec 21

Nobel laureate Ms Suu Kyi is facing a number of criminal charges

Suu Kyi makes first comments since Myanmar coup arrest

Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her ousted party would "exist as long as the people exist" during her first in-person court appearance since a February coup, her lawyer said.

World • 24 May 21

Demonstrators calling for democracy in Myanmar take part in a rally outside ASEAN building in Jakarta

Call for democracy to be restored in Myanmar

Myanmar's military must restore democracy and stop committing violence against citizens, Indonesian president Joko Widodo said after crisis talks with coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and Southeast Asian leaders.

World • 24 Apr 21

Aung San Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of 1 February (file pic)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new criminal charge

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been hit with a fresh criminal charge as the military's tough crackdown on dissent continues.

World • 12 Apr 21

Protesters in masks at a rally in Yangon

Myanmar protesters defy military in fresh rallies

Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi's government and called for more coordinated nationwide dissent against the military junta, as regional nations prepared for talks on the crisis.

World • 05 Apr 21

A protester stands near a burning makeshift barricade in Yangon

US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence grows

The United States has ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, amid growing violence following the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

World • 31 Mar 21

Security forces: A brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters today

Irish advised to leave Myanmar as state forces kill 114

Irish citizens in Myanmar are being advised to leave the country by commercial means unless they have an urgent reason to stay, after security forces killed dozens of people today in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month.

World • 27 Mar 21

Protesters gather by a barricade in Yangon

Anger after child killed in Myanmar protest crackdown

The shooting dead of a seven-year-old girl in her own home has triggered fresh outrage at Myanmar's military crackdown, with at least 20 children reported killed since the junta took charge last month.

World • 24 Mar 21

A woman holds a megaphone during a protest in Hlaing Tharyar township

Death toll in Myanmar protests rises

Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar's biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and tuk-tuks after security forces escalated the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters, despite international appeals for restraint.

World • 16 Mar 21

Protesters stand near makeshift barricades during anti-coup demonstrations in Yangon

11 killed during anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar

Eleven anti-coup protesters have been killed across Myanmar as protesters returned to the streets after the deadliest day since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

World • 15 Mar 21

The family of a 25-year-old killed during protests in Yangong hold his photo at his funeral

UN warns of 'crimes against humanity' in Myanmar

A UN expert has warned that the military junta in Myanmar is likely committing "crimes against humanity" in its attempt to stay in power.

World • 12 Mar 21

The mother of a protester mourns at a hospital after her son was killed during clashes in Yangon

UN says 38 killed during Myanmar protests

Thirty-eight people have been killed after security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters at multiple rallies across Myanmar today, according to United Nations special envoy, Christine Schraner Burgener.

World • 05 Mar 21

The United Nations condemned the deadly crackdown

At least 18 killed in Myanmar crackdown - UN

The UN rights office has said it had credible information that at least 18 people have been killed in a crackdown on protesters in Myanmar as it strongly condemned the violence.

World • 28 Feb 21

Myanmar police in crackdown against protests

Police in Myanmar have moved to disperse protests by opponents of military rule and one woman was shot and killed, media reported, after the country's UN envoy urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to stop the 1 February coup.

World • 27 Feb 21

Woman shot during Myanmar protests dies

A 20-year-old woman who was shot in the head last week during an anti-coup protest in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw has died, according to the hospital treating her.

World • 19 Feb 21