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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. After Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the generals comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the international community. (AP photo/Peter DeJong, File)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi detained again — without her old support

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice for the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. Myanmar's military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been detained. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Joe Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar over military coup

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A man looks at a newspaper sitting next to a newspaper stall in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country's capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar lawmakers say they’re under house arrest after coup

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In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reports says Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Aung San Suu Kyi detained in Myanmar coup: Report

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing leaves a polling station after voting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. A military coup was taking place in Myanmar early Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was detained under house arrest, reports said, as communications were cut to the capital. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

The Latest: Myanmar shuts down all flights in country

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Voters wearing protective face masks and shields observe social distancing as they line up outside a polling station Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar. Voting began Sunday morning in Myanmar’s elections, with more than 90 parties competing for seats in the lower and upper houses of the national Parliament. The ruling party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is heavily favored to be returned to power. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition

By AUNG NAING SOE and PYAE SONE WIN - Associated Press

A supporter of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) holds a toddler while onboard a trishaw during an election campaign motorcade in Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Myanmar's citizens go to the polls Sunday, Nov. 8, in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Suu Kyi’s party expected to win second term in Myanmar polls

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes an early voting for upcoming Nov. 8 general election at Union Election Commission office, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi casts her vote in November elections

By AUNG SHINE OO - Associated Press

Myanmar opposition party seeks polls delay due to COVID-19

By PYAE SONE WIN - Associated Press

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while wearing a face shield, mask and gloves during a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first day of election campaigning at the National League for Democracy party's temporary headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Myanmar holds a general election on Nov. 8 and began a 60-day election campaign period Tuesday, which may be disrupted due to a resurgence of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

EU Parliament suspends Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures while wearing a face shield, mask and gloves during a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first day of election campaigning at the National League for Democracy party's temporary headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Myanmar holds a general election on Nov. 8 and began a 60-day election campaign period Tuesday, which may be disrupted due to a resurgence of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Suu Kyi opens campaign for Myanmar election amid virus surge

By AUNG SHINE OO - Associated Press

Military representatives stand upon arrival of Parliament Chairman T Khun Myat during a regular session of the Union Parliament Wednesday, March. 11, 2020, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar MPs reject bid to allow Suu Kyi to become president

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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2020, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, receives a final report from Philippine diplomat Rosario Manalo, a member of the Independent Commission of Enquiry for Rakhine State, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. When Suu Kyi walked into the International Court of Justice in December, 2019, she gambled the remaining shreds of her hard-won international reputation on a rebuttal of accusations that her country's military committed genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Genocide charge dents halo of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping at president house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi ends Myanmar visit with flurry of agreements

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'The Hidden History of Burma' (book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Hidden History of Burma’

By Joshua Sinai

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. There was a time when Suu Kyi was the hero of the human rights set, whose nonviolent struggle against her country's military dictatorship was admired by people around the world and won her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Now she is seen by many of her admirers as an apologist for war crimes against its Muslim Rohingya minority. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi’s defense of army puzzles former admirers

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

A man looks through newspapers with front pages leading with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice hearing, near a roadside journal shop Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi testified to the court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to neighboring Bangladesh was the unfortunate result of a battle with insurgents. She denied that the army had killed civilians, raped women and torched houses. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar’s accusers slam Nobel laureate for genocide defense

By ALEKS FURTULA - Associated Press

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the International Court of Justice after addressing judges on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi defended Myanmar and denied genocide accusations in a case filed by Gambia at the ICJ, the United Nations' highest court, accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Rohingya refugees reject Aung San Suu Kyi’s genocide denial

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In this Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, photo provided by the Myanmar State Counsellor Office, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is greeted by a Myanmar official upon her arrival at Rotterdam Airport in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Myanmar State Counsellor Office via AP)

Top U.N. court hears Rohingya genocide allegations

By Aleks Furtula and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

People attend a rally Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Yangon, Myanmar. About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the U.N.’s highest court. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi

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