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2:45am, 14th November, 2018

Pence presses Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journalists: official

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pressed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi "multiple times" on Wednesday to pardon two Reuters journalists jailed in her country, a senior White House official said.

Myanmar by-election results 'a lesson' for Suu Kyi's party

7:36am, 4th November, 2018

World

Myanmar by-election results 'a lesson' for Suu Kyi's party

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) expects to have won only seven of 13 seats up for grabs in by-elections, a spokesman said on Sunday, conceding that Myanmar's ruling party needed to do more for voters from ethnic minor...

Senate leader: Congress should not join 'pile-on' on Myanmar's Suu Kyi

3:10pm, 17th October, 2018

Politics

Senate leader: Congress should not join 'pile-on' on Myanmar's Suu Kyi

The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains the best hope for Myanmar and that it would not be helpful for Congress to join an international "pile-on" against her over a military crackdown...

Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters

4:19pm, 28th September, 2018

World

Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters

The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom event at the United Nations on Friday as she pressed the country's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to agr...