Tawakkol Karman of Yemen urged Suu Kyi to “wake up” or “face prosecution,” and Northern Ireland’s Mairead Maguire and Iran’s Shirin Ebadi promised to work to bring those responsible to justice. Karman, one of three recipients of the 2011 prize for women’s rights advocacy, said Suu Kyi should not be silent. Some 700,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August, when Myanmar’s military retaliated for deadly attacks by a Rohingya insurgent group. Suu Kyi has spoken generally about her nation making progress toward peace but has not mentioned the Rohingya, who are not recognized by Myanmar’s government. The laureates said they were willing to meet with Suu Kyi to convince her to stop the genocide and give Rohingya full rights, including citizenship.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 01, 2018 06:11 UTC