Burma’s jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has insisted she is not guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest, her lawyer said. (more…)

Increased security forces, including firefighters, members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and Swan Arr Shin, have been stationed around Rangoon’s infamous Insein prison, following the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday. (more…)

Burmese journalists from Rangoon-based publications have complained that they cannot report freely about pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s transfer to Insein Prison due to heavy restrictions on press freedom. (more…)

In Burma’s business capital, Rangoon, a city rapidly acquiring a surprising veneer of affluence, the headquarters of the National League for Democracy remains dilapidated and frozen in time. Above the ramshackle two-storey building, three faded party flags flutter forlornly in the breeze. Taxi drivers are reluctant to stop just in front of the building, dropping passengers a safe distance away. (more…)

Closely monitored by the Burmese Army, the Bangladeshi armed forces comprising of the army, navy and air force are conducting a joint military exercise in the Bay of Bengal, near the maritime boundary of the two contiguous countries. (more…)

The head of the Burma caucus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has said that the charges to be faced by Burma oppositon leader are “just ridiculous”, and urged fellow ASEAN governments not to fall for the “fallacy” of elections next year. (more…)

Thai Foreign Minister, Kasit Piromya, has said Thailand would not pressurize Burma on Aung San Suu Kyi’s case, but hoped Burma would conduct the court trial with transparency. (more…)

Western critics slammed Myanmar’s ruling generals on Friday for pressing “trumped-up” new charges against detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but the move drew only a mild rebuke from Asian neighbours. (more…)

Two top US senators urged Myanmar to free pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and urged “reform-minded” members of its ruling junta to step forward to help forge new ties with the United States. (more…)

The Nobel Peace Prize awards committee issued a rare public statement Friday to condemn the imprisonment of 1991 peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and to demand her immediate release. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Kyi Win, is an angry man. His client is now in jail as a result of a madcap escapade by the American intruder John William Yettaw. (more…)

The junta’s threat to jail Aung San Suu Kyi is a cynical attempt to silence her before next year’s election. Though lacking leverage, the West must not compromise. (more…)

If statements of concern were enough to influence the brutal dictatorship ruling my country, then opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma would have been freed many years ago. It is impossible to count the number of statements from world leaders condemning the dictatorship, whether it be for imprisoning Aung San Suu Kyi, crushing democracy uprisings, or blocking aid after Cyclone Nargis last year. (more…)

On Monday 18 May the Burmese political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is to be put on trial. Along with her two housekeepers and US citizen John Yettaw, she has been charged with violating the terms of her house arrest. All those charged, including Aung San Suu Kyi, are currently being held in Insein maximum security prison outside Yangon where numerous other political prisoners are also detained. The trial will be held inside the prison. (more…)

France utterly condemns the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and her transfer to Insein prison. This decision is even more unacceptable in that the Nobel Peace Prizewinner’s health has deteriorated over the past several days. We reiterate our condemnation of her doctor’s arrest last week. (more…)

Nineteen years ago, the Burmese people chose Aung San Suu Kyi to be their next leader. And for most of those 19 years she has been kept under house arrest by the military junta that now runs the country. She is the world’s only incarcerated Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. (more…)

Some of Britain’s most distinguished actors and writers have added their names to a global petition for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all Burma’s political prisoners. The petition calls on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to make securing the release of the prisoners a top priority. (more…)