Tag: Suu Kyi

Crackdown on journalists continues in Myanmar under Suu Kyi

When five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decade-long prison terms for reporting the alleged existence of a military-run chemical weapons factory in Myanmar a...

Johnson meets Suu Kyi for taking immediate actions on Rohingya crisis

MYANMAR: Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson met with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital on Sunday to press for action on the Rohingya...

U2 frontman calls Suu Kyi to quit over Rohingya brutalities

U2 frontman Bono, a leading campaigner for Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she was under house arrest, has called on her to...

Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi stripped of ‘Freedom of Oxford’

  LONDON: An honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford has been withdrawn by the city's council because of her response to the...

Suu Kyi set to break silence on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was poised Tuesday to break her silence on a refugee crisis the UN has decried as "ethnic cleansing",...

Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

NEW YORK: Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York. A spokesperson for her...

Suu Kyi slams ‘misinformation’ over Rohingya crisis

In a statement issued by her office on Facebook, Suu Kyi said the government had “already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible” and warned against misinformation that could mar relations with other countries.

Myanmar army MPs slam bill to create Suu Kyi ‘advisor’ role

Myanmar military MPs on Friday said a plan to bolster Aung San Suu Kyi’s power with a special advisory role was unconstitutional, as the...

Suu Kyi to be Myanmar’s foreign minister

Aung San Suu Kyi would be foreign minister in Myanmar’s first civilian government for decades, her party said on Tuesday, giving the democracy champion...