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The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores

While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many other conflicts

The Guardian - UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son pleads with Myanmar's military dictatorship to free his mother

Kim Aris calls for release of ‘last flame of hope for democracy’ in the country

The Independent UK

Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

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David Lammy calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi

The Foreign Secretary said Britain had ‘not forgotten’ those ‘arbitrarily detained’ by the military regime which leads Myanmar.

Evening Standard

Foreign secretary David Lammy makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Exclusive: Cabinet minister demands she be freed after Independent TV documentary examines her rise and fall – and the plight of the people of Myanmar

The Independent UK

Myanmar civil war: a quick guide to the conflict

Armed groups have been fighting the military junta since a coup in 2021. What has changed in four years? How is China involved? And what has happened to Aung Sun Suu Kyi? We answer these questions and more

The Guardian - AU

As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country.

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The Independent’s documentary hailed for shining light on ‘reprehensible’ jailing of Aung San Suu Kyi

Bianca Jagger, ‘Wild Swans’ author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life

The Independent UK

ASEAN tells Myanmar military rulers peace should be priority, not election

Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Al Jazeera

Japanese filmmaker whose arrest caused international outcry backs calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship

The Independent UK

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty

There was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, was among those pardoned

The Independent UK

Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta to free about 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty, including 180 foreigners

It was not clear whether Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held virtually incommunicado since 2021 coup, would be among those released

The Guardian - AU

Head of Aung San Suu Kyi’s former Oxford college backs calls for her release

Exclusive: Lady Elish Angiolini, the principal of St Hugh’s College, has written to the government of Myanmar

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Ex-minister who witnessed ‘horrible’ Myanmar military violence joins calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release

Paul Scully, whose family left Myanmar for Britain, saw ‘horrible things’ as Rohingya Muslim minority suffered violence and persecution

The Independent UK

Myanmar’s government-in-exile says Suu Kyi’s detention a stark reminder of brutal junta rule: ‘Inhumane’

Exclusive: National Unity Government hopes Independent TV documentary on ousted leader ‘will wake up international community’ to repression in the country

The Independent UK

Rats and ‘horrible black tarantulas’: Sean Turnell’s 20 months in prison in Myanmar

The Australian economist and former adviser to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said his time in prison made him reassess everything

The Independent UK

Life in Myanmar today: ‘My brother’s legs were slashed with knives for liking a Facebook post’

Maung Maung writes from inside Myanmar about how he left his profession, his life, everything to escape the claws of the junta after they ousted Aung San Suu Kyi

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The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris begs for her release from Myanmar prison

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release amid fears for her health after four years in a brutal military prison

The Independent UK

‘Myanmar is under the yoke of a pariah regime’: Calls grow in UK for release of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison

Two former UK foreign ministers join call for action after William Hague told Independent documentary it is possible to be critical of former Myanmar leader ‘but also say we should be campaigning for her release’

The Independent UK

What the papers say – December 20

Here are the biggest stories leading Friday’s front pages.

The Independent UK

Watch the trailer for Independent TV’s Aung San Suu Kyi documentary

This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi. Mother to two sons, fate and history conspired to bring her to the forefront of Myanmar's push for democratic freedom, the world rushing to build her up as an icon of democracy.

The Independent UK

Cancelled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi Documentary

This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

Aung San Suun Kyi’s imprisonment in a jungle jail marks the rise and fall of one of the world’s most iconic women as her country Myanmar is forgotten by the world, writes Peter Popham

The Independent UK

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, demand three former UK foreign secretaries

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner turned global pariah was toppled by the military leaders of Myanmar in 2021 and sentenced to 27 years in prison

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