Topic: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's ruling military junta pardoned ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi ob five charges, it announced Tuesday, leaving her imprisoned but reducing her sentence as part of a nationwide clemency.

As the one-year anniversary of the Myanmar coup nears, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is urging the international community to pressure the country to return to civilian rule.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has introduced legislation to punish those responsible for the Myanmar military junta's February coup and subsequent crackdown on civilians.

The European Union imposed a third round of sanctions targeting government officials and state-owned corporations on Monday over the military junta's February coup and subsequent bloody crackdown on protesters.

The military junta of Myanmar on Thursday formally charged Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's detained civilian leader, with corruption along with three other officials ousted in the February coup.

Deposed civilian Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Monday for the first time since she was removed from power by the military junta in February.

The European Union and the United States have leveled new rounds of sanctions against Myanmar's military leadership over its February coup and subsequent escalation of violence against protesters.

Mahn Win Khaing Than, one of Myanmar's ousted government leaders, described the military coup in the nation as "the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close."

At least four people died Saturday in Myanmar protests against last month's military coup, local media reported.

The top United Nations official on human rights in Myanmar said the military junta was likely committing crimes against humanity as the death toll rose to more than 70 amid an escalating crackdown on protesters.