Prove my mother Aung San Suu Kyi is not dead
Kim Aris is publicly demanding that Myanmar's military junta provide proof of life for his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been held incommunicado since the 2021 coup, with no contact reported for three years.
Why it matters
The disappearance of a high-profile political prisoner highlights the ongoing human rights crisis and lack of transparency under Myanmar's military regime.
Kim Aris believes his mother is alive, saying that if she had died, he would have heard 'something, somehow' - Kim Aris The conversation was brief. A few days before the military coup that ousted her government in 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi phoned her son to warn him subtly that trouble was brewing.
It was the last time Kim Aris heard his mother's voice.
"She called me because she knew something was around the corner," Mr Aris, 48, told The Telegraph. "She wasn't sure what, but she was able to let me know that I needed to be aware something was coming."
Only a day or two later, Mr Aris watched from London as tanks rolled through Naypyidaw, Myanmar's modern capital, and the junta detained his mother – again.
Demonstrators demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021 - Reuters
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