The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is stripping Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious human rights award, accusing her of doing little to halt the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. The party has also obstructed journalists trying to report on the mass murder and expulsion to Bangladesh of the Rohingya. The award was named after Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Nazi genocide against Jews who spent much of his life campaigning for human rights. Suu Kyi – Myanmar’s symbol of democracy for decades – has come under heavy criticism for her refusal to stand up for the Rohingya. In Geneva, also on Wednesday, the United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for a new body tasked with preparing criminal indictments over the Myanmar atrocities.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 08, 2018 02:48 UTC