Aung San Suu Kyi

Both had pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the official secrets act

Nobel laureate has been detained since the generals staged a coup and toppled her government on February 1 last year

Min Aung Hlaing repeats pledge to hold elections by 2023

The first trial is expected to run until the end of July, lawyer of the country's ousted leader say

Western countries condemned the coup, called for an end to the violence

Opponents of coup took to streets, demanding end to military rule and release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The military takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from all over the world

Din of banging pots, honking car horns reverberate in Yangon; first widespread protest against military coup

Johnson calls for the vote of the people to be respected and civilian leaders released

She has been accused of turning a blind eye to, or even condoning, abuses against the Rohingya

As the Southeast Asian nation reports 100 new coronavirus cases raising the total to 1,464

The Myanmar leader has spent 15 years under house arrest and missed the emergence of laptops and smartphones

Aung San Suu Kyi's referrs to a number of previous international cases where genocide could not be proven

She argued that the army was responding to an attack by hundreds of Rohingya militants in 2017

Once hailed as a champion in the fight for democracy, Suu Kyi has been stripped of a series of international honours

The defiant response is the army chief's first public reaction since a UN fact-finding mission

Suu Kyi, a former pro-democracy icon is internationally criticized for her failure to address the Rohingya crisis

Myanmar faces widespread condemnation for infringing on freedom of expression

Leader denies the case's connection with press freedom

De facto leader is under heavy criticism for her refusal to stand up for the Rohingya

Bono was a leading campaigner for Myanmar's leader when she was under house arrest

The country is listening closely to see if Francis will use the word "Rohingya" on Myanmar soil

Visit comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Myanmar's powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing last week

Tillerson was speaking after a one-day stop in Naypyidaw

Washington says Suu Kyi has a crucial role to play in tackling the crisis but has focused to blame the army

Other foreign recipients of the Freedom of Dublin include John F Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev

'Conferment of prize has brought attention back to violation of human rights in IoK,' says FO spokesperson

There are an estimated 809,000 Rohingya sheltering in Bangladesh after fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar

Asks the government to take decision on the petition within ten days

Aung San Suu Kyi was absent from the UN General Assembly due to 'pressing needs' at home.

Amnesty International also blasts Myanmar's Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Leader who bends too far to international will could lose support of people she governs

The United Nations say around 200,000 children need urgent support

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says Myanmar is waging a "systematic attack" on Rohingya Muslims

Hundreds of boats had arrived on Monday and Tuesday with several thousand people, say villagers in Bangladesh

Khawaja Asif offers humanitarian assistance as Muslim leaders criticise Myanmar

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have flooded into Bangladesh in the past 10 days

Keith Harper says Aung San Suu Kyi has ‘utterly failed’ to address the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority

Officials in Myanmar said the government there was making a push to overhaul rules on new foreign investment this week

Plight of Rohingya has raised questions about Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's commitment to human rights

Commission, whose aim is to stop human rights abuses in state of Rakhine, was chaired by former UN chief Annan

The democracy champion was speaking during her first visit as a state leader to neighbouring Thailand

Rights groups have sharply criticised Suu Kyi's reluctance to speak out on the Rohingya's plight

Burmese government’s treatment of Rohingyas under Suu Kyi should be seen through the lens of cultural genocide

One can only hope that the new & improved Myanmar will also provide justice & equal rights for its minorities as well

The Nobel laureate has vowed to rule the country despite a constitutional block on her becoming president

No one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim, says Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Myanmar's soon to be leader says children read less because use of technology has increased

Suu Kyi tells MPs from her NLD party that they are quite literally responsible for keeping their constituencies clean

Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party comfortably won more seats than were needed for an absolute majority