Topic: Nyan Win
"The authorities will release her. It is certain," a government official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. Lawyers for the 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has spent much of the past two decades locked up, say her current term of ...
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government is planning the early release of 3,000 prisoners to allow them to vote in next month's long-awaited election, a prison department official said on Monday.Those slated for early release would be prisoners whose ...
Myanmar's foreign minister on Tuesday rejected international criticism of the country's election insisting that the junta is committed to a "free and fair" vote.The minister, U Nyan Win, said the election in Myanmar on November 7, which the opposition ...
Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants the Myanmar people to keep a close watch on upcoming elections and speak out if the vote is not free and fair, her lawyer said Tuesday."Our face should not be turned away from ...
The nations of Southeast Asia and the European Union urged Myanmar to ensure forthcoming elections are "credible and transparent", as the EU pressed Yangon to allow a team to visit the country to discuss the polls.The call came at the end ...
Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi believes a recent visit by a top US diplomat to the military-ruled country was fruitful, her lawyer said Friday.Suu Kyi "said it was very beneficial regarding Mr Kurt Campbell's visit," Nyan ...
<div><p>Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was admitted to hospital briefly on Sunday over concerns about her heart, a Myanmar official said.</p><p>"Suu Kyi was taken to Yangon General Hospital to check her heart condition for about ...
<div><p>Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes her party's decision to boycott upcoming elections in the military-ruled nation, her lawyer said Wednesday.</p><p>Senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) agreed last week ...
<div id="subtitle">Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi pleased her party didn't register for elections</div><div><p>Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is pleased with her party's decision not to contest upcoming general elections ...
<div><p>YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she "would not dream" of registering her party for this year's elections, but added the decision was not for her to make, according to her ...
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