Women in Iran, Liberia, Yemen and Myanmar have been recognized for their activism, occasionally while they were in prison and faced serious personal risk. By Hannah Beech The military government hopes ...

Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years Suu Kyi accused of offering shelter to American who swam to her lakeside home (CNN)-- Myanmar's highest court Wednesday granted an ...

FILE - In this June 15, 2012, file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi briefs the media after a meeting with Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the Norway government guest house ...

An American sentenced to seven years hard labor in Myanmar after he sneaked into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Thailand on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured ...

“Flower Strikes,” community protests, and solidarity actions were held on June 19 across Myanmar to push for the release of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and over 20,000 political prisoners ...

The civilian leader, who was ousted in a coup in 2021, had six years cut from a 33-year prison sentence and five of her 19 convictions overturned, state television said. By Sui-Lee Wee The military ...

Emmanuel Macron makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi amid health concerns - The former Burmese leader has ...

A powerful figure in his country, he helped found its main opposition party. “I had to face up to the harm I did to people when I served in the army,” he said. By Seth Mydans In Myanmar, poets, ...

Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a 2021 military coup, has been moved from prison to a government building, an official from her party said Friday. Suu Kyi has only been ...

BANGKOK — Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting videos, ...

Lynn Lynn was a musical idol when he volunteered in 2015 to protect the life of Myanmar’s new civilian leader. Forced to flee after 2021’s coup, he has reinvented himself as a film director. By ...