Myanmar's multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a "slush fund" for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and gemstones from the coup-wracked nation.The country has been in turmoil since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 880 killed in a junta crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group.Myanmar is one of the world's biggest sources of jadeite and the indu

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a junta court again Tuesday on trial for sedition and for flouting COVID restrictions during an election her ousted party won in a landslide.A mass uprising in Myanmar against a February military putsch has been met with a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 870 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.Under house arrest and invisible apart from a handful of court appearances, Suu Kyi has been hit with an eclectic raft of char

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again next week.Suu Kyi's elected government was overthrown in a 1 February coup that sparked mass protests and renewed clashes between the military and ethnic rebel armies in border regions.Flowers tucked into a bun have long been a signature look of Suu Kyi, who turned 76 on Saturday.Many replicate

The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported Thursday.The country has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Suu Kyi on 1 February, with more than 850 civilians killed in a brutal crackdown by security forces on near-daily protests against the coup.The 75-year-old Nobel laureate, who has been in custody since the putsch, is facin

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will go on trial next week, her lawyer said Monday, with the Nobel laureate facing an eclectic raft of charges, from possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies to flouting coronavirus restrictions during elections last year.Myanmar has been in uproar since Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) government were ousted in a 1 February coup, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement.Almost 850 people have been killed by th

Myanmar's junta chief has said deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will appear in court within days during the general's first television interview since the coup.Min Aung Hlaing, who toppled Suu Kyi in a 1 February putsch, gave a two-hour interview to Hong Kong's Phoenix Television on Thursday, with the full programme yet to air."Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health.

A judge on Monday ordered Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in person in court for the first time on 24 May, her lawyer said, after weeks of delays in her case.The Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since she was detained in a 1 February coup, when the military ousted her from power and re-installed its rule.She was subsequently hit with a series of charges, and her legal team has faced an uphill battle to get a private audience with their client.Multiple court

Myanmar's junta declared Saturday night that a group of ousted lawmakers running a shadow government would now be classified as "terrorists", as the military moves to tighten its grip over a country in turmoil. Since the military seized power in a 1 February coup, detaining and ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a nationwide uprising has refused to back down in its demands for a return to democracy.Protesters continue to take to the streets daily, while a nation

Myanmar's junta again postponed court proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, her lawyers said, as they fight for permission to visit her 12 weeks after she was detained.The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted the Nobel laureate in a 1 February coup, shunting the country back into junta rule after a brief experiment with democracy. Large swathes of the population have taken to the streets in protest, with security forces unleashing a brut

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with a fresh criminal charge on Monday, as the junta's tough crackdown on dissent rolls on.The 75-year-old Nobel laureate has not been seen in public since being detained in the early hours of 1 February as the military deposed her government and seized power.The generals have used increasingly brutal methods to try to quell a growing protest movement against their rule, while Suu Kyi faces a raft of criminal charges that cou