Myanmar’s military junta has pardoned nearly 5,000 prisoners as part of an annual new year’s amnesty, but there are no ...

Ms Suu Kyi has been held in detention in a prison in Naypyidaw since the fall of her government in 2021, with calls demanding ...

Watch The Independent’s documentary Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi The amnesty coincides ... gathered outside Yangon’s Insein Prison early on Thursday morning in hopes ...

Watch The Independent’s documentary Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi The amnesty coincides with Thingyan ... Relatives of prisoners gathered outside Yangon’s Insein Prison early on ...

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.

“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.

The Independent TV documentary Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi shines a light on her continued imprisonment. Ms Suu Kyi, 79, is serving prison sentences totalling 27 years after ...