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US Senate leader: Congress should not join 'pile-on' on Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 03:31 AM

The US was a strong backer of Suu Kyi as she emerged as a pro-democracy icon who endured years of house arrest for standing up to military rule in Myanmar. Read more »

Suu Kyi promises 'transparency' over Rohingya atrocities

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 12:21 AM

Embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed Monday to increase transparency over her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis while pitching for foreign investment in Myanmar ahead of a regional summit in Tokyo. Read more »

Myanmar's neighbors urge accountability for Rakhine violence

John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 12:50 AM

SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give a full mandate to an inquiry commission to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Rakhine state, Singapore said on Tuesday. Read more »

Amal Clooney appeals to Suu Kyi for reporters' release

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 05:46 AM

UNITED NATIONS, United States - Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, saying the Nobel laureate held the key to their release. Read more »

Canadian legislators vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship

David Ljunggren, Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 06:57 AM

OTTAWA - Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya minority.   Read more »

Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters journalists

Reuters
Updated as of Sep 13 12:48 PM

HANOI - Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said two jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their seven-year sentence, and that their jailing had nothing to do with freedom of expression. Read more »

Aung San Suu Kyi won't be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 02:03 AM

STAVANGER, Norway - The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday. Read more »

Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for 'genocide': UN probe

Agnès Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 27 06:16 PM

United Nations investigators on Monday called for an international probe and prosecution of Myanmar's army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country's Rohingya minority.  Read more »

Myanmar says ICC lacks jurisdiction to probe Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 09:40 PM

Some 700,000 people from the stateless Muslim minority fled Myanmar's Rakhine state to Bangladesh following Rohingya insurgent attacks. Read more »

Duterte sorry over Myanmar 'genocide' comments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 07:20 PM

The president issued a public apology a week after describing the military crackdown on the country's Rohingya minority as a "genocide". Read more »

Myanmar president pledges to amend army-scripted constitution

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 09:12 PM

Win Myint, a 66-year-old former political prisoner and staunch ally of Suu Kyi, was elected president on Wednesday after his predecessor suddenly resigned. Read more »

Staunch Suu Kyi ally elected Myanmar president

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 28 04:05 PM

Win Myint, 66, had been tipped for the role after former president Htin Kyaw suddenly stepped down last week, citing the need for rest. Read more »

Protesters take aim at Southeast Asia leaders in Sydney

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 17 05:41 PM

Thousands demonstrated on the sidelines of an Australia-ASEAN special summit, where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to tackle human rights issues. Read more »

Duterte says UN useless, tells Suu Kyi to ignore human rights critics

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 05:10 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he advised Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, to ignore criticisms from human rights organizations as he continued to lambast critics of his drug war.   Read more »

Suu Kyi says Myanmar army admission on killings a positive step

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 01:20 AM

YANGON - Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday it was "positive" that the country's military was taking responsibility for the actions of troops, after the army said soldiers were involved in killing 10 captured Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

Pope Francis sidesteps Rohingya crisis in Myanmar address

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 10:51 PM

Pope Francis called for respect for rights and justice in a keenly-watched address in Myanmar on Tuesday, but refrained from any mention of the Rohingya or the alleged ethnic cleansing that has driven huge numbers of the Muslim minority from the country. Read more »

Pope Francis meets Aung San Suu Kyi

Max Rossi, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 07:18 PM

Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday.  Read more »

Oxford strips Suu Kyi of city's freedom award

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 28 10:23 PM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the honorific freedom of Oxford, the British city where she studied and raised her children, over her "inaction" in the Rohingya crisis. Read more »

Pope to meet Myanmar's leader Suu Kyi

Reuben Easey, Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 28 03:19 PM

Pope Francis will hold talks with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, a key moment of a tour aimed at alleviating religious and ethnic hatreds that have driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country.    Read more »

Pope Francis faces diplomatic dilemma in Myanmar visit

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 05:10 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world's most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim Rohingya people. Read more »