Specials | As She Turns 79 in Prison, 'The Lady' Remains a Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Myanmar

The Lady Myanmar’s generals can’t defeat

At 80, the Nobel laureate is the oldest woman political prisoner in the worldOriginally published on Global VoicesAung San Suu Kyi. Photo by Claude TRUONG-NGOC on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). This article by Kyaw Zwa Moe was originally published on June 19, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part…

Specials | As She Turns 79 in Prison, 'The Lady' Remains a Symbol of Hope and Resilience in Myanmar

Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN’s top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair.