Myanmar’s military-backed government has reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and granted a pardon to former President Win Myint as part of a mass prisoner

As of this Wednesday, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has spent a total of 20 years in detention. Five of those years follow the military coup of February 2021.

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has taken a commanding lead following the first phase of the country’s first general election since the 2021 coup.

The Myanmar military junta has announced that 52.13% of eligible voters participated in the first phase of the national election held last weekend. According to junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun,

Myanmar began a multi-phase general election on Sunday, the first since the 2021 military coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar’s military junta, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, is attempting to transition from military rule to a civilian-veneer government through a controversial general election.

Myanmar's ruling junta has asserted that the detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "in good health," issuing a statement a day after her son, Kim Aris, expressed deep