“The Burmese regime is clearly intent on finding any pretext, no matter how tenuous, to extend [Aung San Suu Kyi's] unlawful detention. The real injustice, the real illegality, is that she is still detained in the first place. If the 2010 elections are to have any semblance of credibility, she and all political prisoners must be freed to participate. Only then will Burma be set on the road to real democracy, stability and prosperity,” – Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Burma’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday was charged under section 22 of the country’s penal code, for protecting a criminal and disturbing the stability of the state, and is currently being detained in Rangoon’s Insein Prison. (more…)

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being held in the notorious Insein jail in Rangoon, after being charged with violating the terms of her house arrest. (more…)

The American intruder described by one member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s staff as “a nutty fellow” was John Yettaw, 53, a Mormon who reportedly told Burmese exiles in Thailand he was writing a “faith-based” book on heroism. (more…)

Local authorities in Mong Ko village tract, Tachilek Township, Eastern Shan State, opposite Maesai, are ordering villagers to serve either in the fire brigade or in the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), but were actually giving militia training to those who choose to join fire brigades, according to sources from border. (more…)

Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Ms. Dipu Moni will arrive in Burma Thursday evening for a four day goodwill visit to promote the bilateral relationship between the two countries, according to a source close to the diplomatic mission. (more…)

Dozens of Myanmar protesters rallied Thursday in Japan after the Southeast Asian country’s military junta charged pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi with breaching the terms of her house arrest. (more…)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed “grave concern” on Thursday over reports that Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with violating her house arrest and could face new jail time. (more…)

The British prime minister, the Australian government and its opposition party joined the chorus of calls from Burmese activist groups around the world on Thursday for the immediate release of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

A top Australian engineering company has been embarrassed by revelations that one of its subsidiaries has been doing business with a shadowy conglomerate closely tied to Burma’s repressive military regime. (more…)

The levelling of new charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s elected leader and pro-democracy champion, comes less than two weeks before she was due to be released from house arrest. This is no coincidence. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi, now under arrest in Insein Prison in Rangoon, will face politically motivated charges against her, her personal physician and two caretakers in her home in a special prison court on Monday. (more…)

Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has suffered a further travesty of justice, on top of the 13 years of house arrest she has already endured. Later this month her current period of detention expires, but now she has been moved to the notorious Insein Prison to stand trial on new charges. Even before today, her detention – according to the United Nations – violates both international and Burmese law, and she remains the world’s only jailed Nobel Laureate. The brutal junta ruling Burma even denied her medical treatment, and arrested her personal doctor. She has committed no crime – indeed, it is the regime that is criminal. (more…)

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, expressed serious concern Thursday regarding the unlawful detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and called for her unconditional release. (more…)

Freedom Now has confirmed the news that Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been ordered to report to court tomorrow morning at 9 am Rangoon time to face charges relating to the breaking into her compound of the U.S. citizen who swam across Inya Lake. (more…)