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| April 16 2024 | The military announced that Aung San Suu Kyi had been transferred to house arrest due to a heat wave, although there were claims she remained in prison. |
| September 2023 | Aung San Suu Kyi was reported to be back in prison after previously being moved to a VIP government residence, though the exact date of her return was unknown. |
| August 1 2023 | The military junta granted Aung San Suu Kyi a partial pardon, reducing her sentence to a total of 27 years. |
| December 30 2022 | Her trials ended with an additional conviction and seven years' imprisonment for corruption, culminating in a final sentence of 33 years in prison, later reduced to 27 years. |
| October 12 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a total of 26 years imprisonment on ten various charges. |
| October 12 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of two further charges of corruption, resulting in a sentence of two terms of three years' imprisonment, to be served concurrently. |
| September 12 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of election fraud and breaching the state's secrets act, leading to a total sentence of six additional years. |
| August 15 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional six years' imprisonment after being found guilty on four corruption charges, increasing her total sentence to 17 years. |
| June 22 2022 | Junta authorities ordered that all future legal proceedings against Aung San Suu Kyi would take place in prison venues, and she was moved to solitary confinement. |
| April 27 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to five years in jail on corruption charges. |
| January 10 2022 | She received an additional four-year sentence on another set of charges. |
| December 6 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years in prison on two charges following her arrest. |
| September 13 2021 | Court proceedings against Aung San Suu Kyi were postponed due to her minor health issues. |
| June 14 2021 | The trial against Aung San Suu Kyi officially began, with her lawyers attempting to disqualify prosecution testimony on the sedition charge. |
| June 10 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with corruption, the most serious charge against her that could result in a maximum of 15 years' imprisonment. |
| May 24 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person in court to face the 'incitement to sedition' charge, expressing a lack of awareness about the outside situation. |
| May 21 2021 | A military junta commission was formed to dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy on grounds of election fraud. |
| May 10 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court in person for the first time since her arrest, following a Supreme Court ruling allowing her to meet her lawyers. |
| April 28 2021 | The National Unity Government, where Aung San Suu Kyi symbolically retained her position, announced no talks with the junta until all political prisoners were freed. |
| April 12 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi received another charge under the natural disaster management law, marking her sixth indictment. |
| April 1 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with violating the official secrets act, the most serious charge against her after the coup, which could carry a sentence of up to 14 years. |
| February 3 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged with illegally importing walkie-talkies, following her arrest on 1 February. |
| February 1 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested following a coup d'état that returned the military to power after her party won the November 2020 general election. |
| January 2020 | The International Court of Justice ruled that there was a real and imminent risk of irreparable harm to the rights of the Rohingya, instructing the Burmese government to take protective measures. |
| December 2019 | Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, defending the Burmese military against allegations of genocide against the Rohingya. |
| November 11 2018 | Amnesty International announced the revocation of Aung San Suu Kyi's Ambassador of Conscience award. |
| October 2018 | The Canadian Senate and House of Commons voted unanimously to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship, determining that the treatment of the Rohingya by Myanmar's government constituted genocide. |
| August 2018 | Aung San Suu Kyi was informed that she would be stripped of her Freedom of Edinburgh award due to her refusal to speak out against the crimes committed against the Rohingya. |
| May 2018 | Aung San Suu Kyi was reported as being considered complicit in crimes against the Rohingyas in a report by Britain's International Development Committee. |
| March 2018 | The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum revoked Aung San Suu Kyi's Elie Wiesel Award, citing her failure to stop the military's brutal campaign against Rohingya Muslims. |
| December 2017 | Dublin City Council voted 59–2 to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s Freedom of the City award due to the treatment of the Rohingya people. |
| November 13 2017 | Bob Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award in protest against Aung San Suu Kyi's involvement in what he described as the mass ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people. |
| October 2017 | Following evidence of the Rohingya genocide, Oxford City Council unanimously voted to withdraw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Freedom of the City award, originally granted in 1997. |
| September 13 2017 | Aung San Suu Kyi did not attend a UN General Assembly debate concerning the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, which drew criticism from various quarters. |
| September 4 2017 | Yanghee Lee, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, criticized Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the grave situation in Rakhine State, calling for her to step in to protect all citizens. |
| August 25 2017 | The ARSA attacks occurred, leading to an escalation of the persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, which has been described as genocide. |
| 2016 | Upon accepting the State Counsellor position, Aung San Suu Kyi granted amnesty to students arrested for opposing the National Education Bill and announced the creation of a commission on Rakhine State. |
| 2016 | Aung San Suu Kyi assumed the role of State Counsellor of Myanmar, a position similar to a prime minister, after her party's electoral victory. |
| May 2016 | Aung San Suu Kyi invited Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Myanmar to discuss diplomatic relations. |
| April 2016 | Aung San Suu Kyi underwent eye surgery. |
| April 2016 | Aung San Suu Kyi invited Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss diplomatic relations soon after becoming Foreign Minister of Myanmar. |
| April 5 2016 | The House of Representatives confirmed Aung San Suu Kyi's role as State Counsellor, formalizing her leadership in the NLD-led government. |
| April 1 2016 | The House of Nationalities approved Aung San Suu Kyi's position as State Counsellor, a role akin to Prime Minister created especially for her. |
| March 30 2016 | Aung San Suu Kyi became Minister for the President's Office, for Foreign Affairs, and for Education and Electric Power and Energy in President Htin Kyaw's government. |
| 2015 | In the general election, her party won a landslide victory, securing 86% of the seats in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, which allowed her preferred candidates to be elected president and vice president. |
| 2015 | The National League for Democracy (NLD) won a sweeping victory in the general elections, securing at least 255 seats in the House of Representatives and 135 seats in the House of Nationalities. |
| December 2013 | Aung San Suu Kyi underwent minor foot surgery. |
| November 2013 | Several universities in Australia, including Monash University and the Australian National University, conferred honorary degrees to Aung San Suu Kyi. |
| October 2013 | The University of Bologna in Italy conferred an honorary doctorate degree in philosophy to Aung San Suu Kyi. |
| February 2013 | Seoul National University in South Korea conferred an honorary doctorate degree to Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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