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Amnesty International has removed Aung San Suu Kyi from a prestigious human rights award, following what she describes as a "shameful betrayal" of the values that she previously defended.
This is the latest in a series of praise for Aung San Suu Kyi, including the Elie Weisel Award from the American Holocaust Museum and the City Freedom Award, which have been revoked by Edinburgh, Oxford, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Amnesty International said Monday that Aung San Suu Kyi, the current civilian leader of Myanmar, was no longer a symbol of hope and that she had withdrawn her highest honor, the price of the conscience ambassador. She cited her "apparent indifference" to the atrocities committed against the Rohingya and its growing intolerance to freedom of expression.
Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Ambassador of Conscience Award in 2009, while she was under house arrest, for her role in promoting peace and democracy. Irene Khan, then Secretary General of Amnesty International, described her as "a symbol of hope, courage and steadfast defense of human rights".
Kumi Naidoo, the current secretary general of the organization, said in a letter to Aung San Suu Kyi that her ambassador title could no longer be justified.
"We expected you to continue to use your moral authority to denounce injustice wherever you see it, including in Myanmar itself," Naidoo wrote in his letter.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely accused of being apathetic or complicit in the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, who, according to the UN, continue to be the target of "ongoing genocide" ".
More than 700,000 Rohingyas are still in Bangladesh after fleeing the brutal military crackdown that began in August 2017. UN investigators said that during the campaign, Myanmar soldiers carried out mass murders and killings in a country. "Genocide Goal", and called on the Commanding Officer and five generals to sue for the most serious crimes under international law.
Yanghee Lee, the UN special investigator on human rights in Myanmar, said that she thought that Aung San Suu Kyi was "a total denial" to the accusations of violence.
"Without recognizing horrific crimes against the community, it's hard to see how the government can take steps to protect it from future atrocities," Naidoo said.
Amnesty International added that the Aung San Suu Kyi administration had fanned hatred against the Rohingya as "terrorists", obstructed international investigations of violations and failed to repeal repressive laws used to silence the Rohingya. criticism.
In September, Aung San Suu Kyi defended the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for investigating the Rohingya Muslim massacre in Rahkin State. The convictions have been widely condemned by international governments, human rights groups and the United Nations, seen as a miscarriage of justice and a symbol of the major regression of freedom of expression in Myanmar .
