Aung San Suu Kyi signed the roll of honour in 2012 after her release MAXWELL’S/PAAung San Suu Kyi was last night stripped of the freedom of Dublin by councillors over her failure to stop the persecution of the Rohingya, Burma’s religious minority. Councillors voted by an overwhelming majority to strike the name of the Burmese leader and Nobel peace prize-winner from the city’s roll of honour, after Bob Geldof and U2, other holders of the freedom of the city, asked them to do so. The council also voted by 33 votes to 7 with 5 abstentions to remove Bob Geldof from the list. The singer travelled to Dublin last month to hand back his scroll in protest over Ms Suu Kyi’s actions. Several councillors criticised Mr Geldof’s gesture as a publicity stunt.

Source: The Times December 14, 2017 00:02 UTC