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Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First Court Appearance Since Coup
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, is facing a raft of charges after being detained by Myanmar’s military. If she is found guilty, she could be imprisoned for the rest of her life.
Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, in February with a poster of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the country’s ousted civilian government.Credit.The New York Times
May 24, 2021, 4:18 a.m. ET
For the first time since Myanmar’s military locked her up in a pre-dawn raid as part of its coup on Feb. 1, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s ousted civilian government, was seen in person on Monday when she sat briefly at a court hearing.
Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Bangladeshi Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 14, 2021. (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)
Bangladesh is removing a clause excluding Israel from its citizens’ passports, Bangladeshi media reported Saturday, possibly opening up travel from the third-largest Muslim population country in the world to the Jewish state.
According to the Weekly Blitz website, recently issued e-passports state “This passport is valid for all countries for the world” and no longer have the additional two words “Except Israel,” as was the case in the past.
802 mennesker er blitt drept av sikkerhetsstyrker i Myanmar siden militærjuntaen tok over makten i landet i februar, ifølge observatørgruppen Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).