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Finally, Proof of Life for Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Newser • • world
Key Points:
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has privately met with Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, providing the first independently verified sighting of her since the 2021 military coup.
- Photos released by Myanmar's military-backed government show Suu Kyi appearing relaxed and smiling, but her exact health condition remains unconfirmed due to the lack of independent medical assessment.
- The ICRC has maintained confidentiality about her health status, emphasizing that such discretion is necessary to gain access to detainees.
- Suu Kyi's son, Kim Aris, welcomed the visit as a positive development after more than five years but called for direct contact, expanded humanitarian access, and the unconditional release of his mother and other political prisoners.
- The government mistakenly displayed the wrong date for Suu Kyi's birthday on the cake shown in the photos.
