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Myanmar’s detained leader Suu Kyi traded health concerns with her son in their first call in 5 years
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BANGKOK (AP) — The son of Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that when he finally got to speak with his mother, who has spent more than five years in detention in the Southeast Asian country, it seemed in some ways like not much time had passed at all. “She sounds like...
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Aung San Suu Kyi spoke with her son for the first time in more than five years, marking a rare instance of family contact for the ousted Myanmar leader since she was detained following the 2021 military coup.
Kim Aris called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar and said that his mother "must never be held hostage or used as a bargaining chip."
BANGKOK (AP) — The son of Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday that when he finally got to speak with his mother, who has spent more than five years in detention in the Southeast Asian country, it seemed in some ways like not much time had passed at all. “She sounds like...
Kim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders Myanmar’s former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first c…
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