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President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against the junta that runs the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. Congress last week approved the reauthorisation of sanctions, first enacted in 2003, targeting imports from Myanmar. The resolution also maintains...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, New Light of Myanmar, Burma, Amnesty International, kyi trial, Bono
Suu Kyi's cousin, retired army officer Lieutenant Colonel Khin Maung Aye, on July 24 posted a public notice in the Mirror newspaper, claiming that he owned a portion of Suu Kyi's compound in Yangon and had already sold it. The advertisement said that...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Myanmar, leader aung, Nyan Win, democracy leader, Mandalay, human rights, kyi trial
One of only two defence witnesses allowed in the trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has testified in court. Dozens of Ms Suu Kyi's supporters gathered outside Insein Prison near Rangoon, where she is being tried for breaking the terms...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma VJ, Ms Suu Kyi, Rangoon, leader aung, Myanmar, Aung Suu Kyi, kyi trial, Gen Khin Nyunt
Myanmar has delayed the resumption of the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , members of her political party say. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party was informed by the country's military junta during the weekend that the trial will...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, final arguments, kyi trial
Lawyer Aung Thein said Saturday that he was dismissed from the country's Bar Council on Friday, a day after he applied to represent Suu Kyi. He has defended political activists in the past and was earlier jailed for four months for contempt of court.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi&rsquo, Myanmar, Aung Thein, Burma, Supreme Court, Burmese, kyi trial