Aung San Suu Kyi

A letter signed by 112 former presidents and prime ministers urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to return to Myanmar and press its military junta to free all political prisoners.The letter, an effort led by former prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway, said Ban should...  

More than 100 former presidents and prime ministers have personally appealed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press for the release of political prisoners in Myanmar, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In a letter issued by two human rights groups, the former leaders encourage Mr...  

More than 100 former government leaders wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday asking him to travel to military-ruled Myanmar to secure the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. The prominent ...  

WASHINGTON - More than 100 former government leaders wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday asking him to travel to military-ruled Myanmar to secure the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. The ...  

A letter signed by 112 former presidents and prime ministers urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday to return to Myanmar and press the country's military junta to free all political prisoners.  

the U.S., France, Russia and China, as well as other countries including Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, met on the sidelines of the U.N. summit in September and urged the junta to make 'tangible' progress  

A lone demonstrator staged a silent protest in front of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party headquarters Saturday demanding the military government free all student activists as the country ...  

A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's ruling generals after being caught with a U.N. human rights report.  

Doctors Without Borders is allowed to work in only some parts of the Myanmar said it is overwhelmed and is having to turn new patients away.  

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country's ruling ...  

YANGON, Myanmar–Two journalists have been jailed for seven years each on charges of undermining Myanmar's military junta after they were caught with a U.N. human rights report. A court in a northeastern suburb of Yangon on Friday sentenced Thet Zin ...  

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has said the international community needs to do more to bring about the release of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.  

Myanmar's next elections "will have no credibility" unless the regime releases democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners, EU foreign ministers said Monday.  

Like their more famous colleague, Aung San Suu Kyi, these are Burma's bravest and brightest, devoured by their own government. ...  

Pro-democracy activists Ko Ko Gyi and Min Ko Naing, both sentenced for anti-junta protests last year, have been sent to far-removed Kentung prison in north-east Myanmar.