Muslims on 2 Continents Protest Persecution in Myanmar
"I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same."
My statement on the #Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: pic.twitter.com/1Pj5U3VdDK Last year, a group of Nobel laureates — including Ms. Yousafzai, Desmond Tutu and 11 other recipients — signed an open letter
that "warned of the potential for genocide." Some critics of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi blamed her for the crisis and called for her prize to be revoked.
The demonstrations raised the pressure on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar
and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who once embodied her country’s fight for democracy and human rights.
4, 2017
HONG KONG — Protests erupted Monday among Muslims in Asia, Australia and Russia over a military campaign in Myanmar
that has forced tens of thousands of fellow Muslims to flee across the border to Bangladesh.
The Nobel Committee, all Norwegian citizens appointed by the country’s Parliament, will not
rescind Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s prize, said Gunnar Stalsett, a former committee member.
Mr. Stalsett said that The principle we follow is the decision is not a declaration of a saint,
Amid the protests, a fellow peace prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, took to Twitter
to confront Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, asking her to condemn the violence.
Pakistani Muslim said that Over the last several years, I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment,