This mass prisoner release is a tradition in Myanmar during holidays and significant events. Last year, over 9,000 prisoners ...

Myanmar's ruling military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty, state media reported on Saturday. The annual pardon will mark the country's 77th ...

The head of Aung San Suu Kyi ’s former Oxford college has backed calls from three former foreign secretaries for her to be ...

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release from ... her endeavour to make Myanmar free and democratic has never wavered,” Mr Aris said.

On December 21, King Charles' office shared a photo from the royals' house, all lit up with lights and Christmas decorations. The sweet caption alongside the video reads, "It’s beginning to ...

Calls are growing in the UK for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from prison where ... The world should be campaigning for her to be free in the same way as they did for Nelson Mandela.” ...

Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Dec 20 called for an end to violence against civilians caught in a years-long civil war in Myanmar, and the immediate release of democracy icon Aung ...

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who took power in 2021 after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The apparent fall of the military’s western command headquarters is the latest in a series of significant ...

Three former UK foreign secretaries have today called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, currently imprisoned by a brutal military dictatorship in Myanmar. William Hague, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and ...

Three former UK foreign secretaries have today called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, currently imprisoned by a brutal military dictatorship in Myanmar. William Hague, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and ...