Topic: Win Myint

A Myanmar court sentenced deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison on Monday for incitement and violating COVID-19 safety rules, the first decisions in a series of charges.

On the anniversary of the election last year later overturned in a military coup, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called on Myanmar's junta to return the country to a path to "genuine democracy."

In court Tuesday, ousted Myanmar President Win Myint said that commanders tried to force him to give up his post during the military takeover in February -- and threatened him with harm when he wouldn't.

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Monday to face an array of criminal charges brought by the military junta, where she raised concerns about her health.

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.

Myanmar forces killed at least six civilians in protests Saturday amid an Internet shutdown, participants and observers said.

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 Myanmar military filed two new criminal charges Monday against detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on the one-month anniversary of the coup that removed her and the president from power.

The foreign ministers of the European Union on Monday agreed to impose sanctions against the leaders of the Myanmar junta over its coup and Russia for its detention of opposition leader and Putin critic Alexey Navalny.