OTTAWA — Canada’s former religious freedom ambassador says Myanmar’s Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the once celebrated Nobel laureate, has squandered her status by not standing up for persecuted Muslims in her country. Bennett joined the mounting international condemnation of Suu Kyi for not defending the Muslim minority now fleeing her country in droves. So far, the federal government has yet to criticize Suu Kyi. Bennett dismissed that argument, saying Suu Kyi could easily do more. He said Rohingya Muslims have been the long-standing victims of systemic discrimination, and that they were herded into “concentration camp-like settlements” by the government.

Source: National Post September 06, 2017 20:26 UTC