Myanmar’s state media says former President Win Myint has been freed in a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional New Year.

The main group coordinating opposition to military rule in Myanmar has rejected a surprise offer from the ruling generals to hold talks on a political solution to the country’s nationwide armed conflict.

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest.

Myanmar’s military-led government has reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in the Buddhist-majority country.

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is testifying for the first time in an election fraud charge against her and two co-defendants.

Lawyers for Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, say she told them some of the testimony against her was wrong in her trial on criminal charges that could send her to prison and end her political career.

Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has made a court appearance in person for the first time since the military arrested her when it seized power on Feb. 1.

A man watches as soldiers use a bulldozer to remove sandbag barricades put in place by anti-coup protesters to protect them from security forces in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, March 18, 2021. The military has already tried to implicate Suu Kyi in corruption, alleging she was given $600,000 plus gold bars by a political ally. AdThe country's Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the allegations and vowed to take action against Suu Kyi under the Anti-Corruption Law, the state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday. More than 200 people have been killed by security forces since the coup, according to credible tallies. On Thursday, the head of the junta attended an online meeting of military leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.

Security forces have attacked previous protests with live ammunition as well, leading to the deaths of at least 60 people. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council unanimously called for reversing the coup and strongly condemned the violence against peaceful protesters. Reports from Kachin, the northernmost state, said guerrilla forces from the Kachin ethnic minority attacked a government base on Thursday and were in turn attacked. The reports could not be independently confirmed, and ethnic guerrilla armies as well as the government often release exaggerated information. Myanmar has more than a dozen ethnic guerrilla armies, mostly in border areas, a legacy of decades-old struggles for greater autonomy from the central government.

Photos and videos posted on social media showed groups attacking people in downtown Yangon as police stood by without intervening. According to accounts and photos posted on social media, hundreds of people marched Thursday in support of the coup. AdMarsudi's efforts echo those of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has urged Myanmar’s military to make some concessions to help ease tensions. Several countries have levied or are considering new sanctions against the military junta, and on Thursday, Facebook announced it, too, was taking action. The junta has tried to block Facebook and other social media platforms, but its efforts have proven ineffective.

Demonstrators gather in an intersection close to Sule Pagoda to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. By Wednesday evening, there had been no reports of major violence at the protests. So we are back on the street again.”In Naypyitaw, thousands of people, including private bank employees and engineers, marched down the city's wide boulevards, chanting for the release of Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. Police filed a new charge against Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, a move likely to keep her under house arrest and further fuel public anger. It was the second charge against Suu Kyi — the first for illegally possessing walkie-talkies, the second for an alleged violation of coronavirus restrictions — both apparent attempts to provide a legal veneer for her detention.

Buddhist monks and nuns display pictures of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo)YANGON – Police in Myanmar filed a new charge against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, as the military authorities who seized power in a coup intensified their crackdown against their opponents. Suu Kyi, who was detained in the Feb. 1 military takeover, already faced a charge of illegally possessing walkie-talkies — an apparent attempt to provide a legal veneer for her house arrest. Suu Kyi’s lawyer told reporters he has not seen her since her arrest — and only arrived after an unexpected videoconference the judge said had been held with her. AdAround 3,000 demonstrators — mainly students — had returned to the streets of Mandalay, carrying posters of Suu Kyi and shouting for the return of democracy.

Protesters are sprayed with water fired from a police truck's water cannon in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. They say they were issued in response to people carrying out unlawful actions that harm the rule of law, a reference to the protests. AdState media for the first time on Monday made reference to the protests, claiming they were endangering the country’s stability. AdThe growing protests recall previous movements in the Southeast Asian country’s long and bloody struggle for democracy. Aside from a few officers, soldiers have not been in the streets at protests this past week.

Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after the Central Executive Committee meeting at her National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)NAYPYITAW Myanmars leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will be a candidate in this Novembers general election, a spokesman for her National League for Democracy party said Tuesday. Suu Kyi will provide more details of her plans on Thursday, he said. Suu Kyi was barred from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that was enacted under a previous military government. Suu Kyi led her party to a landslide victory in the last general election in 2015.