“Myanmar’s suffering is our suffering too. But for Myanmar to achieve peace and to be able to heal, my mother must first be freed.”
Kim Aris (also known as Ko Htein Lin), the younger son of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, delivered the above message at the “Prayers for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and All Political Prisoners in Myanmar” held in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, 16 November 2025.
He said his mother had always taught him that true peace can only be built on freedom, justice, and compassion, and never on oppression and silence. Kim Aris firmly believes: “As long as his mother and other political prisoners remain in prison, there can be no peace.”
This week’s BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Bi-Weekly News Review examines a son’s ongoing campaigns for the release of his mother who is being unlawfully detained by the military junta, as well as statements by people’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that remain profoundly relevant today.
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