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Suu Kyi slammed for 'silence' over Myanmar genocide claims
Lawyers for Gambia say her arguments that Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown was a 'clearance operation' targeting militants ignored widespread allegations of mass murder, rape and forced deportation
Myanmar's Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims in U.N. court
(3rd UPDATE) Myanmar's civilian leader rejects the 'misleading and incomplete' allegations by The Gambia that Myanmar's 2017 military operation amounted to an attempt to exterminate the Rohingya
Myanmar's Suu Kyi told to 'stop the genocide' in U.N. court showdown
(3rd UPDATE) 'Another genocide is unfolding right before our eyes yet we do nothing to stop it,' says Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou
Suu Kyi set to make history in Hague genocide case
Political analysts say Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's appearance before The Hague is 'unprecedented and also very unwise'
Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date
Aung San Suu Kyi is set to face the International Court of Justice next week to defend Myanmar against charges it committed genocide against the Muslim minority risks further damaging her already tattered overseas reputation
U.N. chief urges Myanmar to ensure 'safe' return of Rohingya
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok, with Myanmar's de facto head Aung San Suu Kyi in the room
Suu Kyi 'culpability' in Rohingya abuses an 'open-ended question' – U.N. investigator
'It will become a legal issue whether or not there is an element of culpability here,' fact-finding mission chair Marzuki Darusman tells reporters in Geneva
U.N. rights investigator on Myanmar lambasts Suu Kyi
'She should step up and really speak out for the treatment that the Rohingya had suffered for decades,' says Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights to Myanmar
Suu Kyi tries to save face with Myanmar reporters' release
Observers say the unexpected release of the two Reuters reporters is a political decision timed to save face for the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi
Freedom of expression in Myanmar still 'dire' – U.N.
'Of course, they should never have been arrested or convicted in the first place,' United Nations human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says of the two Reuters journalists
Myanmar holds rare rally to call for constitution reform
The political activity follows the formation of a committee last week to discuss amending the military-scripted constitution
Myanmar picks panel to reform army-scripted constitution
With 2020 polls looming, parliament has voted overwhelmingly to form a cross-party committee to debate reforms of the charter
South Korea foundation scraps award for Aung San Suu Kyi
South Korean group strips Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar of the Gwangju human rights award because of her indifference to the atrocities against the Rohingya
Suu Kyi calls for peace in speech which avoids Rohingya crisis
Other top officials at an international meeting in Nepal do not mention the conflict, which has overshadowed many of Suu Kyi's international appearances
U.S. VP Mike Pence criticizes Suu Kyi over Myanmar treatment of Rohingya
Pence adds to the pressure on Suu Kyi, who this week has had an Amnesty International honor revoked and faced sharp words from Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad
Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honor
'Amnesty International cannot justify your continued status as a recipient of the Ambassador of Conscience award and so with great sadness we are hereby withdrawing it from you,' says the group
Mahathir: Suu Kyi stance on Rohingya 'indefensible'
After Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad says he was 'very disappointed' with Aung San Suu Kyi's failure to defend the Rohingya in Myanmar, they stand side-by-side in the ASEAN photo-shoot
Suu Kyi beckons investors to Myanmar despite troubles
In a side event of the ASEAN summit, Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar is 'Southeast Asia's final frontier market... we have land, we have (a) good young working population, we have unexplored resources'
Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal
'We filed an appeal today on behalf of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo because the trial court's ruling was wrong,' says Reuters president and editor-in-chief Stephen J Adler
Aung San Suu Kyi's party slapped down in by-elections
While official tallies have not yet been released by the Union Election Commission, preliminary results show the military-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party has beaten Aung San Suu Kyi's party out on 3 seats
Myanmar arrests 3 journalists over report on Suu Kyi protege
Police arrest 3 journalists of a paper which criticized the Myanmar government's financial management, which is overseen by a protege of leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung Suu Kyi promises 'transparency' over Rohingya atrocities
Once hailed as a global rights champion, Suu Kyi has fallen from grace due to her failure to speak up following a brutal military crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes first person stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship
The move is made official after Canada's Senate votes to revoke the symbolic honor
[ANALYSIS] Sieg Heil deja vu? Understanding the extreme right's global rise
The extremist movements in Asia, while benefiting the elites, enjoy the support of the middle classes
Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release
"She knows that mass murder is not a state secret and that exposing it doesn't turn a journalist into a spy," says human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on the need for free press in Myanmar
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Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
Aung San Suu Kyi's international reputation has become tarnished by her refusal to call out the atrocities by her nation's military against the Rohingya Muslims minority
Myanmar army should be removed from politics – UN probe
The UN's 444-page probe calls for the military's top leadership to be replaced and for the institution to have no further influence over the country's governance
Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters
(UPDATED) 'They were not jailed because they were journalists' but because 'the court has decided that they had broken the Official Secrets Act,' says Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar defends Suu Kyi's silence over jailed reporters
Aung San Suu Kyi, who was herself subjected to house arrest for some 15 years, relying on foreign media to highlight her plight, has been widely-condemned for her silence on the case and verdict
Rohingya protest for 'justice' on crackdown anniversary
(UPDATED) The Rohingya exodus continues today, as refugees continue to trickle over the border throughout this year
Myanmar Reuters reporter says he was hooded, deprived of sleep
'They asked us questions every two hours and we did not have a chance to sleep for 3 days,' reporter Wa Lone explains to the court
[OPINION] Myanmar is now erasing the Rohingya's very name
News organizations are being prohibited from using the word 'Rohingya' in their shows
Beijing urges ceasefire after deadly Myanmar border clashes
Observers believe Beijing holds significant sway over the ethnic rebels near its border and is a key player in a faltering peace process steered by Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
19 dead in fighting between Myanmar army, rebels – military
Authorities say that 19 people were killed while two dozen people were injured due to the clashes
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Duterte apologizes to Suu Kyi for 'genocide' remark
President Rodrigo Duterte also defends Aung San Suu Kyi from criticism over human rights abuses against the Rohingya
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Staunch Suu Kyi ally elected Myanmar president
Win Myint remains one of Aung San Suu Kyi's inner circle – the pair fought side-by-side during the 1988 democracy movement that was violently quashed by the junta
Suu Kyi ally looks set for Myanmar presidency
Win Myint is the favorite to take over the presidency when he resigned from his position as lower house speaker shortly Htin Kyaw abruptly stepped down as president on Wednesday
Bid to prosecute Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia rejected
A group of 5 Australian lawyers have filed a private application in the Melbourne Magistrates Court seeking to prosecute her over the treatment of the Muslim-minority Rohingya
Myanmar events 'bear hallmarks of genocide': UN rapporteur
'I am becoming more convinced that crimes committed... bear the hallmarks of genocide, and call in the strongest terms for accountability,' says the report to the UN Human Rights Council
U.S. Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu Kyi
The Museum says it is rescinding the award due to Aung San Suu Kyi's inaction over what it called 'mounting evidence of genocide' committed by the Myanmar military against civilians from the Rohingya minority
Nobel laureates to Suu Kyi: 'Wake up' and stop Rohingya abuses
The trio – Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, and Mairead Maguire – asks the embattled Myanmar leader to 'wake up' to the atrocities after visiting squalid camps in Bangladesh home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees
UK's Johnson meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
The meeting follows Johnson's visit to a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, where nearly 700,000 Rohingya have sought sanctuary in squalid settlements
Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa
There was little damage, but the attack is symbolic – Suu Kyi was held for long years at the house by the former junta
Myanmar university students expelled after education protest
"We... were given a letter saying that we were expelled for breaking regulations," says Kyaw Thiha Ye Kyaw, a 22-year-old law student at Yadanabon.
Duterte says he told Aung San Suu Kyi: Ignore criticism on human rights
The Philippine leader says he 'pities' the democracy icon, who now faces criticism for her silence on the persecution of the Rohingya
Myanmar pillories U.S. diplomat for 'personal attack' on Suu Kyi
One-time Suu Kyi ally Bill Richardson was one of 5 foreign members handpicked by Myanmar's civilian leader to serve on the committee
