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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial for election fraud

Her supporters and human rights groups say the cases against her are baseless and have been contrived to bar her return to politics and participation in a new election the army has promised by 2023

Myanmar junta charges Aung San Suu Kyi with fraud during 2020 polls, reports State media

Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February sparked nationwide protests and a deadly crackdown on dissent

'They see protesters as criminals': Understanding Myanmar's military and its siege mentality

In this paranoid world, the thumping that Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD delivered to the military’s proxy party in November’s elections was easily portrayed as electoral fraud

At least 5 protesters killed across Myanmar after deadliest day since coup; toll rises to 120

At least 44 protesters were killed on Sunday as security forces cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrations, taking the toll since the coup to more than 120

Myanmar sees fresh violence: Three protesters shot dead; shops and factories shutter amid call for general strike

A live Facebook stream of the incident showed protesters dragging multiple wounded demonstrators away by the arms and legs

Myanmar coup: Six protesters die after security forces open fire; Junta charges 6 journalists for ‘spreading false info, causing fear’

Demonstrations continued across Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Wednesday, with protesters using makeshift tyre and barbed wire barricades to block major roads and slow the police

Myanmar coup: Suu Kyi hit with two new charges; accused of inciting public unrest, violating communications laws

The ousted leader was already facing obscure criminal charges for possessing unlicensed walkie-talkies, as well as violating COVID19 restrictions by staging a campaign event during last year's election

Myanmar's protests against 1 February coup are growing, defying military threats and snipers

Before the brief experiment with hybrid military-civilian governance, the military had imposed its direct rule on Myanmar for nearly half a century

Paint, poetry and protest anthems: Myanmar's military coup inspires the art of defiance

On Wednesday evening in the city of Mandalay, soldiers swept through an area housing railway workers who were boycotting work, shooting multiple rounds

Myanmar police file new charge against Aung San Suu Kyi; ousted leader may be held indefinitely without trial

Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup on 1 February, has already been charged with possessing walkie-talkies that were imported without being registered