Aung San Suu Kyi casts a long shadow over Myanmar from behind bars

From behind bars, Aung San Suu Kyi casts a long shadow over Myanmar 14 minutes ago Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent As of Wednesday the Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of 20 years in detention in Myanmar, five of them since her government was overthrown by a military coup in February 2021. Almost nothing is known about her state of health, or the conditions she is living in, although she is presumed to be held in a military prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. “For all I know she could be dead,”…