Aung San Suu Kyi, photographed in June 2012 Getty Images On a steamy evening at the beginning of the rainy season, a crowd of 10,000 packs the street outside the National League for Democracy ...

“In this spirit we call on the military to announce a full amnesty for detainees it has incarcerated since February 2021, including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader of Myanmar, is reported to have survived last week’s devastating earthquake unharmed in the prison cell where she is kept in solitary confinement.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi used to be seen as a symbol of human rights, and spent years under house arrest for promoting democracy. Then, as Myanmar's civilian leader, she appeared ...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea ... In 2015 the junta allowed Ms Suu Kyi to become the de facto head of Myanmar following elections, but only if they controlled key ministries ...

We know Aung San Suu Kyi as "a golden bird in a cage"; she is a valuable icon representing freedom and democracy of which the suppressed population of Burma project much hope for. In the West she ...

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house ... She became the first state counsellor of Myanmar - the de facto head of government, equivalent to a prime minister ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi used to be seen as a symbol of human rights, and spent years under house arrest for promoting democracy. Then, as Myanmar's civilian leader, she appeared ...

Watch The Independent’s documentary Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi The amnesty coincides with Thingyan, Myanmar’s traditional new year festival, and follows a 7.7-magnitude ...