SKorea rights group revokes Suu Kyi prizehome/News/World/SKorea rights group revokes Suu Kyi prizeSEOUL: One of South Korea’s largest human rights groups will strip Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its 2004 prize because of her “indifference” to the atrocities against the Rohingya minority, organizers said Tuesday. Suu Kyi was unable to receive the Gwangju Human Rights Award at the time because she was under house arrest by the military junta. The United Nations has warned the Muslim minority continue to be targeted in an “ongoing genocide”. “Her indifference to the atrocities against the Rohingya runs against the values the award stands for — protecting and promoting human rights,” spokesman Cho Jin-tae of the May 18 Memorial Foundation told AFP. Last month, Amnesty International withdrew its prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award from Suu Kyi, citing her “apparent indifference” to the atrocities committed against the Rohingya.

Source: Manila Times December 18, 2018 20:37 UTC