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Lawyers in Myanmar appeal against Suu Kyi sentence

Reuters US Online Report World News 68 days ago

YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar court heard on Friday an appeal by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her conviction for an internal security breach earlier this year. The hearing came a day after dozens of political prisoners were freed in ...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear appeal result in October

AFP Asian Edition 68 days ago

A Myanmar court will rule next month on Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her extended house arrest, lawyers said Friday, as the junta released several activists amid growing foreign pressure. Judges will announce on October 2 whether they will uphold the ...

Myanmar 'frees journalists, activists in amnesty'

AFP Global Edition 68 days ago

Myanmar's junta Friday freed two journalists who helped victims of Cyclone Nargis and released several opposition activists as part of an amnesty for more than 7,000 prisoners, witnesses said. One of the freed journalists was Eint Khaing Oo, 28, who was arrested ...

Myanmar frees journalists, activists: witnesses

AFP Asian Edition 69 days ago

Myanmar's junta Friday freed two journalists who helped victims of Cyclone Nargis and released several opposition activists as part of an amnesty for more than 7,000 prisoners, witnesses said. One of the freed journalists was Eint Khaing Oo, 28, who was arrested ...

Seven bomb blasts in Myanmar, no casualties: police

AFP Asian Edition 69 days ago

Seven small bombs exploded in the suburbs of Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon but did not cause any casualties, police in the military-ruled nation said Thursday. The blasts late Wednesday and early Thursday were the latest in a series to hit the former ...

Explosions hit Myanmar's biggest city, no injuries

AP News 69 days ago

No injuries reported as series of explosions hits outskirts of Myanmar's biggest city A series of seven small explosions hit the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city, on Thursday, but no casualties were reported. An official said five blasts went off at ...

Suu Kyi's party hopeful for her release: spokesman

AFP Asian Edition 78 days ago

The party of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday it was hopeful that she would be unconditionally released after a court agreed to hear an appeal against her recent conviction. Lawyers for the Nobel laureate and the country's ...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi braces for trial verdict

AFP Global Edition 107 days ago

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could finally hear the verdict in her internationally condemned trial on Tuesday after a series of delays to a case in which she faces a possible five-year jail term. Officials said the release from hospital ...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi found guilty in security case

Reuters US Online Report World News 107 days ago

YANGON (Reuters) - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday found opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating an internal security law, a ruling certain to anger the West and further isolate the regime. The court sentenced her to three ...

Myanmar warns against riots

AFP Asian Edition 109 days ago

Myanmar's junta-controlled state media Sunday accused "power-craving" opportunists of using Aung San Suu Kyi's trial to incite riots as it condemned the uprising 21 years ago that made her a heroine. The Nobel Laureate is in a Yangon prison awaiting the delayed ...

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