Myanmar’s Aging Leaders Continue to Suffer in Junta Jails

Myanmar’s jailed State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – the country’s oldest female political prisoner – marks her 80th birthday today.

There are many other aging political prisoners in junta prisons, a stark reminder of repression since the 2021 coup.

She has overtaken Daw Kyi Kyi, the wife of Communist Party of Burma chair Thakhin Zin, who was freed at 79 by the State Law and Order Restoration Council.