Aung San Suu Kyi

Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice

Africa Line Engbo Gissel & Kerstin Carlson - 16 Jan 2020

In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included...

Aung San Suu Kyi at the ICJ: when the personal is political

Article Judith Beyer - 10 Dec 2019

Myanmar’s leader personally faces allegations while avoiding the task of changing the country’s trajectory

Freed Myanmar journos a symbol of Suu Kyi’s tarnished image

Article Agency - 7 May 2019

Suu Kyi was once the darling of the foreign media, but her silence over the persecuted Rohingya minority has drawn widespread condemnation

Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of Reuters journalists

Article Agency - 23 Apr 2019

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act

Myanmar Reuters journalists appeal seven-year sentence

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Dec 2018

Their conviction in September sparked widespread global condemnation

Messages of support for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

Article Agency - 12 Dec 2018

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state secrets law

Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

Article Dmitry Zaks - 13 Nov 2018

The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009

Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal

Article Agency - 5 Nov 2018

Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists have filed an appeal against their seven-year jail sentence

Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters

Article Jenny Vaughan - 13 Sep 2018

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were each imprisoned for seven years last week for breaching the country's hardline Official Secrets Act

Myanmar rejects UN probe findings of Rohingya ‘genocide’

Article Agency - 29 Aug 2018

On Monday, a UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity 'perpetrated on a massive scale' towards the Rohingya.

Myanmar court postpones verdict for Reuters journalists

Article Agency - 27 Aug 2018

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar's infamous Insein prison since December in the case which has ignited a global outcry

Myanmar social media anger after Pope uses ‘Rohingya’ word

Article Agence France Presse - 3 Dec 2017

The Pope expressed that he had taken up the Rohingya cause in private in Myanmar, but a few days before, he chose not to publicly air their plight.

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Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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