Overview
- Kim Aris made the public demand this week in a London interview, challenging the junta's April statement that his mother’s sentence was commuted and she had been moved to house arrest.
- Aris said he believes the 81-year-old remains held in a prison in Naypyitaw and that there has been no evidence of any transfer to a residential setting.
- He reported worsening health for Suu Kyi, citing a heart condition and osteoporosis, and said his last direct contact with her was a letter received more than two years ago.
- Aris has raised awareness internationally through lobbying and an 81 km skateboard ride for her birthday and has urged measures such as cutting fuel supplies to limit the military’s ability to carry out airstrikes.
- Independent verification is still blocked by Myanmar’s tight controls on detention sites, leaving rights groups and foreign governments unable to confirm her location or medical treatment and keeping pressure on the junta as the main lever for action.