The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military regime in Myanmar. The film looks at the life of the 79-year-old Nobel Peace ...

The auction of the home of ousted leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon ended Wednesday with no ...

A Japanese filmmaker sentenced to 10 years in jail in Myanmar has backed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed. Toru Kubota, who was arrested while covering a protest in Yangon and whose case led ...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea to the military junta in Myanmar holding her in solitary confinement to release her on the fourth anniversary of her arrest. The imprisonment of the ...

Mr Lammy told The Independent: "Four years ago, Myanmar's military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government, stripping the Myanmar people of their right to a democratic voice.

Myanmar’s military government must release jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said. The Foreign Secretary said Britain had “not forgotten” those ...

open image in gallery Bianca Jagger listens to Helena Kennedy at the screening of The Independent’s documentary ‘Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi’ (Al Brown) Ms Chang ...

The Foreign Secretary has called on Myanmar’s military government to free political detainees, including Aung San Suu Kyi. (Jonathan Brady/PA) Myanmar’s military government must release jailed ...