Myanmar junta reducing Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence is an empty gesture from a failing state
- Written by Nicholas Farrelly, Professor and Head of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
In a general amnesty announced on military television last week, Myanmar’s military junta removed six years from the jail term of Aung San Suu Kyi, the 78-year-old leader of the government removed by a coup in February 2021. This came a week after the junta moved her into house arrest following a year in solitary confinement.
But it still...
