An Independent TV documentary published today, entitled Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi, lays bare her fall from grace. She is no longer the heroic figure she was in the long ...

Pope Francis has appealed for the release of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and even offered to shelter her ...

The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military ...

Today that leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, eighty next year, is locked in a jungle jail with no prospect of release, while the army with whom she had shared power since 2016 fights a brutal civil war on ...

CHINA: Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Li Keqiang yesterday on a five-day visit to build ties with Beijing. Resuming work on the £2.7 billion Myitsone hydroelectric dam ...

Aung San Suu Kyi: I think I’ve explained several times now that it’s in line with the recommendations that were made by Dr. Kofi Annan’s commission and by our advisory board.

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi and around 20,000 fellow political prisoners will be the most crucial step towards ending the conflict in Myanmar, the country’s government-in-exile has said.

There has been little implementation and Beijing is frustrated with that. Chinese leaders were quietly disappointed with Aung San Suu Kyi. I think Beijing was betting on her but then got ...

This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi. Mother to two sons, fate and history conspired to bring her to the forefront of Myanmar's push for democratic freedom, the world rushing to build her up as ...

Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The Nobel laureate, 77, was arrested when the ...

open image in gallery Bianca Jagger listens to Helena Kennedy at the screening of The Independent’s documentary ‘Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi’ (Al Brown) Ms Chang ...