Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years
✓Detained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the first confirmed outside contact with her since a letter to her son two and a half years ago.
In photographs of the meeting released by the military government Suu Kyi appeared to be healthy.
She was detained shortly after the armed forces deposed her government in 2021, and sentenced to 33 years in jail on what are widely viewed as trumped-up charges, though her sentence has been reduced and she has been moved to house arrest.
Despite repeated assurances from the military that Suu Kyi is alive and well, they have never provided any convincing evidence of this.
Her son Kim Aris has in recent months mounted an international campaign demanding proof of life for the 81-year-old democracy icon.
Now a delegation from the ICRC has been allowed to meet her – her first confirmed meeting with anyone outside the government for nearly four years.
Photographs released of her with the ICRC team show Suu Kyi looking relaxed and well, although no details of her state of health have been given, nor of what they talked about.
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Myanmar's military government has allowed detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross. This marks her first confirmed contact with someone outside the government since late 2021. The military released photographs of the meeting in which Suu Kyi appears relaxed. No details about her health status or the meeting's contents were provided. Suu Kyi was detained after the armed forces removed her government in 2021 and subsequently sentenced to 33 years in prison. Her sentence was later reduced and her status changed to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris has recently sought international attention to obtain verification of her wellbeing.
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Detained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the first confirmed outside contact with her since a letter to her son two and a half years ago.
In photographs of the meeting released by the military government Suu Kyi appeared to be healthy.
She was detained shortly after the armed forces deposed her government in 2021, and sentenced to 33 years in jail on what are widely viewed as trumped-up charges, though her sentence has been reduced and she has been moved to house arrest.
Despite repeated assurances from the military that Suu Kyi is alive and well, they have never provided any convincing evidence of this.
Her son Kim Aris has in recent months mounted an international campaign demanding proof of life for the 81-year-old democracy icon.
Now a delegation from the ICRC has been allowed to meet her – her first confirmed meeting with anyone outside the government for nearly four years.
Photographs released of her with the ICRC team show Suu Kyi looking relaxed and well, although no details of her state of health have been given, nor of what they talked about.
Read the full story at BBC ↗ · Al Jazeera ↗
Aung San Suu Kyi was detained after the military deposed her government in February 2021 She was sentenced to 33 years in prison, with that sentence later reduced and her status changed to house arrest An ICRC delegation met with Suu Kyi, representing her first confirmed contact with someone outside the government since late 2021 Photographs released by the military show Suu Kyi appearing relaxed and healthy No medical details or information about the meeting's contents were disclosed The military's previous assurances about Suu Kyi's condition lacked convincing evidence Her charges are widely viewed as trumped-up
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- Aung San Suu Kyi met an International Committee of the Red Cross delegation, her first confirmed outside contact since 2021
- Photographs released by Myanmar's military show her appearing healthy, though no medical details were disclosed
- The 81-year-old democracy leader has been detained since the 2021 military coup and sentenced to 33 years, later reduced to house arrest
- Her son recently launched an international campaign demanding proof of life after years without confirmed contact