Aung San Suu Kyi
Min Min Soe, a lawyer assigned by the National League for Democracy party to represent deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, meet journalists in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, June 21, 2021. As the trial for ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi entered its second week, her lawyers said prosecution witnesses testified about charges that she had illegally imported and used walkie-talkies for her bodyguards, and along with Win Myint, president in her government, had flouted laws on public gatherings that were meant to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo)
Suu Kyi tells lawyers trial testimony against her is wrong

By Grant Peck Jun. 21, 2021 11:42 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2018, file photo, Myanmar's deposed Leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend the Myanmar Entrepreneurship Summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The trial of Aung San Suu Kyi entered its second day Tuesday, June 15, 2021, with the prosecution presenting arguments that she incited public disorder and flouted coronavirus restrictions, part of a package of charges the ruling junta is seen as using to discredit her and consolidate its control. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
Myanmar prosecutors present sedition charge against Suu Kyi

By Grant Peck Jun. 15, 2021 07:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Myanmar’s Anti-Corruption Commission has found that ousted national leader Aung San Suu Kyi had accepted bribes and misused her authority to gain advantageous terms in real estate deals, government-controlled media in the military-ruled country reported Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Myanmar anti-corruption body files cases against Suu Kyi

By Grant Peck Jun. 10, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person Monday, May 24, 2021, for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1, Myanmar media reported.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance

May. 24, 2021 03:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 file photo, a woman displays her finger marked with ink indicating she has voted as she leaves a polling station, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. A major election monitoring organization says last November’s election results in Myanmar were representative of the will of the people, rejecting the military’s allegations of massive fraud that served as its justification for seizing power. ANFREL, the Asian Network for Free Elections, said in a 171-page report said procedural safeguards helped make the polling process transparent and reliable. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
Election watchdog says no credible proof of Myanmar fraud

By Grant Peck May. 17, 2021 11:08 AM EDT

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute of defiance during a demonstration on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 200 global organizations urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the time for statements has passed and immediate action is needed to help protect peaceful protesters against military rule and other opponents of the junta. (AP Photo)
Flash mobs in Myanmar's biggest city avoid deadly response

May. 06, 2021 11:56 AM EDT

Anti-coup protesters burn tires and chant slogans with banner read ''The Kamayut strike will be fight for to the end when we get victory" during the demonstration against the military coup in Kamayut township Yangon, Monday, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo)
China's UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil war

By Edith M. Lederer May. 03, 2021 09:48 PM EDT

Anti-coup protesters run after seeing police and soldiers arrive to disperse their demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Demonstrations have continued in many parts of the country since Saturday's meeting of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as have arrests and beatings by security forces despite an apparent agreement by junta leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence. (AP Photo)
UN calls for return to democracy in Myanmar, end to violence

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 30, 2021 01:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo, armed police remove makeshift blockages set up by protesters as they patrol streets in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to nearly half the population, a United Nations report said Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/File)
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 30, 2021 01:44 AM EDT

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute, holding banner read " Yangon Strike will defeat all enemies" during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar during an emergency summit in Jakarta with its top general and coup leader. (AP Photo)
Myanmar protests continue after ASEAN peace initiative

Apr. 26, 2021 12:13 PM EDT

Activists ride their bicycles as they flash a three-finger salute of defiance during a rally called 'bike for Myanmar' against the military coup in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 24, 2021. Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar's top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

By Niniek Karmini Apr. 23, 2021 09:51 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo. Ban is urging the United Nations and Southeast Asian countries to take swift and "strong action" to stop the deadly crackdown that has followed the military coup in Myanmar. Ban exhorted the U.N. Security Council Monday, April 19, 2021, to act immediately to halt the violence and protect civilians, "using a range of tools at the council's disposal." (AP Photo/Koji Sasaha, File)
EU expands sanctions against Myanmar military, companies

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 20, 2021 03:26 AM EDT

People look at a row of burnt public transport buses parked at Kyimyindaing township in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 12, 2021. Local news media reported that the buses got burned early Monday morning, but provided no details for the cause. (AP Photo)
Myanmar's ruling junta issues fresh charges for Suu Kyi

Apr. 12, 2021 10:49 AM EDT

Family members mourn over the death of Myo Ko Oo during his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Family members said Myo Ko Oo was killed Monday during a clash with security forces at a protest against the military's coup that ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1. (AP Photo)
Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks in east

By Tassanee Vejpongsa Mar. 30, 2021 04:46 AM EDT

Residents of a local neighborhood applaud as an anti-coup student protester returns home after being released from jail, Friday, March 26, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
Myanmar protest deaths reach 320 as US, UK, impose sanctions

Mar. 26, 2021 03:59 AM EDT

FILE - This undated family file photo shows Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw in Yangon, Myanmar. A court in Myanmar extended on Friday, March 12, 2021, the pretrial detention of an Associated Press journalist who was arrested while covering demonstrations against a coup. He is facing a charge that could send him to prison for three years. His next hearing will be on March 24.(Thein Zaw family via AP, File)
AP journalist, other media workers return to Myanmar court

Mar. 23, 2021 11:22 PM EDT

State railway employees sit with their belongings after being evicted from their home Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Mandalay, Myanmar. State railway workers in Mandalay have been threatened with eviction to force them to end their support for the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) against military rule. (AP Photo)
Striking Myanmar rail workers move out as protests continue

Mar. 20, 2021 04:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2015, file photo, workers in the Great Forever factory stitch clothes in the Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone outside Yangon, Myanmar. Garment workers in Myanmar are urging major international brands to denounce the recent military coup there and put more pressure on factories to protect workers from being fired or harassed - or worse arrested and killed for participating in protests. (AP Photo,File)
Myanmar garment workers urge global brands to denounce coup

By Anne D'innocenzio And Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 19, 2021 07:10 AM EDT

Anti-coup protesters test improvised weapons made to fight with government security forces in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo)
Pope says he symbolically kneels in plea for Myanmar peace

Mar. 17, 2021 06:39 AM EDT

Myanmar police talk to people gathering outside the Kamayut court in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, March 12, 2021. A court in Myanmar is scheduled to hold a hearing on Friday for an Associated Press journalist detained while covering demonstrations against the military's seizure of power last month. He is facing a charge that could send him to prison for three years. (AP Photo)
Myanmar court extends detention of AP journalist

Mar. 12, 2021 08:09 AM EST