Overview
- Myanmar’s military-backed government, which announced the change Thursday, moved Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest.
- The latest amnesty cut sentences by one-sixth for 1,519 inmates, including 11 foreign nationals, according to state media.
- Despite multiple reductions this month, justice sources say she still must serve more than 13 years on convictions widely described as political.
- The United Nations called the shift a significant step and urged the swift release of all political prisoners in Myanmar.
- Her location remains secret, with her dissolved party saying it is likely in Naypyidaw as state media circulated a photo that her family has not been able to verify.