Junta allows Suu Kyi rare outsider contact

🇲🇲 MYANMAR — Myanmar's military government has permitted the International Committee of the Red Cross to meet with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This marks the first time in five years that the Nobel laureate has received a foreign visitor. The junta, which ousted her government in 2021, provided no further details regarding her health or the contents of the discussion.

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Why it matters

The meeting signals a potential, albeit minimal, shift in the junta's rigid policy regarding its most high-profile political prisoner.

Context

Suu Kyi has been held in isolation since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar.