After landing at Soe Me Kyi village pier on the east side of the island, the group carried their aid supplies for another two hours on foot, traversing nine peaks to get to Santawshin village.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/rakhine-minorities-report-food-shelter-crisis-as-aid-fails-to-arrive.html

And the junta would have been able to prevent Suu Kyi from taking part in the poll as its election laws prevent prisoners from being members of registered political parties.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/how-myanmar-juntas-plan-to-deceive-world-with-sham-election-failed.html

Besides widening rifts in ASEAN, the regime was also clearly looking to provoke confusion within the resistance movement by allowing Don to report an endorsement of negotiations by Suu Kyi.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commentary/myanmar-regime-up-to-its-old-tricks-playing-the-suu-kyi-card.html

Former civilian president and close Suu Kyi ally Win Myint has been detained since the coup and jailed on a clutch of charges by a closed junta court.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/myanmar-junta-hints-may-extend-state-of-emergency-delay-polls-180539

In total, 78-year-old NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 33 years in jail on 19 charges filed by the junta.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/daw-aung-san-suu-kyis-lawyers-appeal-for-her-release.html

Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have been fighting for greater autonomy for decades, but armed conflict in the country escalated sharply after Myanmar’s army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/myanmar-ap-thailand-pbs-karen-b2315495.html

President U Win Myint, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her ministers were jailed and the election results canceled.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-peoples-thoughts-with-detained-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-on-78th-birthday.html

Protestors raised three fingers to symbolize liberty, equality, and fraternity and showed photos of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Protesters-mark-second-anniversary-of-Myanmar-coup--42871777/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230201

Suu Kyi has been unable to give her version of the July 9 meeting, said to have lasted about an hour-and-a-half.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/08/01/aung-san-suu-kyi-has-some-prison-sentences-reduced-by-military-junta/

Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces 27 years in prison.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/myanmar-supreme-court-rejects-jailed-suu-kyi-appeals/article_b05679be-5290-5143-b80a-3c6fbb61a508.html

Suu Kyi, the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, was first put under house arrest in 1989 after protests against decades of military rule.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/myanmar-junta-grants-partial-pardon-to-democracy-champion-suu-kyi/article_3e3bca98-6168-5681-b911-658634299483.html

There are appeals in the works for a number of the other 14 cases that Ms Suu Kyi faces, although her legal team have faced a number of hurdles including not being able to meet with the former leader in person.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-health-b2404907.html

The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint regarding other cases, and the pair have lodged further appeals to the Chief Justice.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-supreme-court-to-hear-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-appeals.html

“The Tingat Pyu Saw Htee militia led by U Myint Kyi has been committing sexual violence.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-resistance-mounts-daring-spy-mission-in-magwe-region.html

The UN Security Council passed its first resolution on the situation in Myanmar in December, urging the junta to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all “arbitrarily detained prisoners”.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/the-world-myanmar/myanmar-junta-slams-un-human-rights-chiefs-irrelevant-comments.html

This viewpoint stood out even more if one considered the support given by leaders such as President Ramos-Horta to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, which has been viewed with discomfort in the halls of power in Naypyidaw.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/comprehending-timor-lestes-delayed-accession-to-asean/

Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally involving nonviolent protests or criticism of military rule, which began when the army seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/04/china-takes-yuan-global-in-bid-to-repel-us-dollar/

Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said it is not known how many of the political prisoners will be among those released, if any, but any such action would be taken to burnish the image of the military government.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/worldnews/2023/04/17/myanmars-military-rulers-free-3000-prisoners-in-holiday-gesture/

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reacted to the pardons by reiterating his call for the immediate release of Suu Kyi and Win Myint, the U.N. deputy spokesman said.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/08/aung-san-suu-kyi-has-some-of-her-prison-sentences-reduced-by-myanmars-military-led-government/