Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest after years in detention

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from detention to house arrest, according to Myanmar's state media.

She has been held since the military coup in 2021 that ousted her elected government.

The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has faced multiple criminal charges, including corruption, which she denies.

Rights groups have condemned the secret trials as lacking transparency and fairness.

Suu Kyi's detention has drawn international attention due to her symbolic status as a democracy icon and her long history of peaceful resistance against military rule in Myanmar.

Her move to house arrest marks a significant development in her ongoing legal and political situation, which has remained largely opaque since her arrest more than five years ago.

Previously, Suu Kyi spent nearly 15 years in detention between 1989 and 2010 during earlier military regimes.

She emerged as a global symbol of human rights and non-violent activism.

She is the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero, General Aung San, who was assassinated in 1947.

Suu Kyi spent much of her early life abroad, including studies at Oxford University and time in the UK, before returning to Myanmar in 1988 amid political upheaval.

Her leadership during the 1988 pro-democracy protests and subsequent political activism earned her international acclaim.

However, her later defense of Myanmar against genocide allegations related to the military's actions against the Rohingya minority has complicated her global reputation.

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