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An undated photo of jailed Iranian rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Price winner Narges Mohammadi. (NARGES MOHAMMADI FOUNDATION / AFP)
October 6, 2023, 6:25 pm
Iranian activist Mohammadi is 5th laureate to win Nobel Peace Prize from jail
Previous imprisoned winners include a pacifist held in a Nazi concentration camp, a Chinese dissident and a Belarusian anti-regime rights campaigner
By AFP
Suu Kyi reviews an honor guard at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 30, 2019. (Heng Sinith/AP)
April 27, 2022, 12:34 pm
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to 5 years for corruption
Suu Kyi denies allegation she accepted bribe of gold, hundreds of thousands of dollars from colleague; supporters say unjust prosecution meant to discredit Noble Peace Prize winner
By GRANT PECK
In this December 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
December 6, 2021, 10:09 am
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in jail
Nobel laureate found guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, in cases widely seen as contrived to discredit her and keep her from running in the next election
By GRANT PECK
In this screenshot, riot police block the road to prevent protesters from marching forward. on February 6, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
February 6, 2021, 7:48 pm
Myanmar junta shuts down internet access as protests over coup expand
‘Near-total’ communications blockage after military seizes control from Suu Kyi’s elected government
By AP
A group of Myanmar activists residing in Israel wave (L to R) the historical flag of Burma (until 1974), the flag of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, and the flag of Israel, during a protest outside the country's embassy in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
February 5, 2021, 8:29 pm
Myanmar’s tiny Jewish community is rattled after military coup
Only a few dozen Jewish families remain in Southeast Asian nation, formerly known as Burma, that has been hit by years of political turmoil, military rule
By Ben Frank
Soldiers sit inside trucks parked on a road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 1, 2021. (AP Photo)
February 1, 2021, 11:33 am
From across the globe, governments condemn military takeover in Myanmar
Countries call for restoring democracy; US urges release of detained officials, warns it will act if coup not reversed; rights groups fret over safety of leader Aung San Suu Kyi
By Agencies
In this December 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
February 1, 2021, 5:49 am
Myanmar military seizes control in coup, arrests Aung San Suu Kyi
Army says it’s taking charge for 1 year after failing to recognize election results; phone and internet connections cut; US warns of repercussions if actions not reversed
By AP
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi watches the vaccination of health workers at hospital Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
February 1, 2021, 2:16 am
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained in apparent coup
Military had been disputing results of recent elections that gave Suu Kyi a large majority
By AFP
Displaced Rohingya refugees from Rakhine state in Myanmar walk near Ukhia, at the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, as they flee violence on September 4, 2017. (AFP/K.M. Asad)
January 23, 2020, 3:29 pm
UN’s top court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
Lawyers for Myanmar’s accusers use maps, satellite images and graphic photos to detail what they call a campaign of murder, rape and destruction amounting to genocide
By AP
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her address before students of Yangon University general assembly in Yangon on August 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ye Aung Thu)
December 10, 2019, 11:27 am
Aung San Suu Kyi faces Rohingya genocide charge at UN court
Myanmar leader expected in The Hague; over 700,000 Muslims fled to Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign of rapes, killings, torching of homes
By AP and ToI Staff
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw on September 19, 2017. (AFP/Ye Aung Thu)
March 7, 2018, 6:54 pm
US Holocaust Museum withdraws award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Memorial says recognition no longer fitting in light of former human rights icon’s failure to stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
By ToI Staff and AP
Pope Francis arrives in Yangon, Myanmar, on November 27, 2017, for the first stage of a week-long visit that will also take him to neighboring Bangladesh. (L'Osservatore Romano via AP)
November 28, 2017, 11:08 am
Pope to meet Myanmar’s leader Suu Kyi
Pontiff to broach subject of religious, ethnic hatreds that have driven more than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh
By Reuben Easey
Bangladeshi men help Rohingya Muslim refugees to disembark from a boat on the Bangladeshi shoreline of the Naf river after crossing the border from Myanmar in Teknaf on September 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)
November 23, 2017, 12:03 pm
Myanmar, Bangladesh leaders meet over Rohingya repatriation
More than 620,000 members of oppressed Muslim minority have poured into neighboring country since August amid violence
By AFP
Illustrative: Rohingya refugees wading while holding a child after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on October 9, 2017. (AFP/Fred Dufour)
November 22, 2017, 7:05 pm
US declares Myanmar action against Rohingya is ‘ethnic cleansing’
Rex Tillerson says individuals engaged in violence against Rakhine Muslims ‘must be held accountable’
By Josh Lederman
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw on September 19, 2017. (AFP/Ye Aung Thu)
September 19, 2017, 2:31 pm
Myanmar leader rebuffs foreign criticism of Rohingya crisis
Suu Kyi offers no solution to ‘ethnic cleansing’ but pledges to hold rights violators to account and resettle some Muslim refugees
By Hla-Hla HTAY and Aidan JONES
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