UN calls on Myanmar’s military to release Aung San Suu Kyi

NAYPYITAW, 03 July 2021, (TON): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Myanmar’s military to release Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint now.

A UN spokesperson said “a day after thousands of other detainees were freed five months since the coup.”

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army took power and overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government.

Eri Kaneko, associate spokesperson for Guterres, said “we reiterate our call for the immediate release of all of those who are arbitrarily detained, and that includes President Win Myint and State councilor Aung San Suu Kyi.”

Myanmar freed more than 2,000 detainees, among them journalists and others who the military said had been held on incitement charges for taking part in protests, local media reported.

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