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Myanmar's lthen eader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 11, 2019. Myanmar convicted ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption counts on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, extending her total prison term to 26 years. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years
By GRANT PECK - Associated Press
Tue,10/11/22-11:15PM , 190 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said.
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Nationwide 'silent strike' in Myanmar protests military rule
By GRANT PECK - Associated Press
Fri,12/10/21-7:55AM , 190 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of military rule in Myanmar on Friday held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests in months, successfully calling on people across the country to shut their businesses and stay at home on International Human Rights Day.
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Smoke rises from debris and corrugated roofing of a school structure that was burned to the ground in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. The decapitated body of a volunteer teacher in rural Myanmar was found on grotesque display at a village school after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo)

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Myanmar villagers say army beheaded high school teacher
By GRANT PECK - Associated Press
Thu,10/20/22-10:56PM , 180 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — The decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in central Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said Thursday, marking the latest of many abuses alleged as the army tries to crush opposition to military rule.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted in further blow to democracy
By GRANT PECK - Associated Press
Mon,12/06/21-12:08AM , 176 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted on two charges Monday and handed a four-year sentence that was quickly cut in half — in proceedings widely criticized as a further effort by the country’s military rulers to roll back the democratic gains of recent years.
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