Red Cross Meets Aung San Suu Kyi — First Outside Contact Since Myanmar's 2021 Coup

An ICRC delegate privately visited detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on August 3, 2026 — the first confirmed independent outside contact since the military seized power in February 2021. The visit followed years of international demands for proof she was alive. Myanmar's release of photographs broke the ICRC's usual confidentiality rule on detention visits.