Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20. Nov. 22, the State Department labeled violence in Burma “ethnic cleansing,” after more than 600,000 Rohingya from Rakhine State fled to Bangladesh. “Even her party leadership cannot approach her easily, so she’s a little bit isolated,” said Nyo Nyo Thinn, a former politician who now heads a civil society group. “People really support Aung San Suu Kyi. So we feel very sympathetic to her,” Nyo Nyo Thinn said.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2017 17:25 UTC