Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Red Cross Official

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, August 3, in what officials described as her first publicly acknowledged meeting with a foreign official since the 2021 military coup. The government spokesperson confirmed the meeting took place in the capital, Naypyidaw, with ICRC resident representative Arnaud de Baecque.

Suu Kyi, the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been detained by the military since February 2021, when her elected civilian government was overthrown. She was later convicted on a series of charges that her supporters and international rights groups describe as politically motivated. Following a military-organized election in April that solidified the junta’s control and installed coup leader Min Aung Hlaing as president, Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest. Her original 27-year sentence was reduced by one-sixth as part of a broader amnesty.

The government released photographs showing Suu Kyi in traditional Burmese attire, shaking hands with de Baecque in a modest, wood-paneled room. Another image depicted her with a birthday cake inscribed with her name...