U.S. Holocaust Museum Revokes Award to Aung San Suu Kyi

[demmiblue]

Source: NYT

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has revoked a prestigious human rights award it had given to the Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, now Myanmar’s civilian leader, faulting her for failing to halt or even acknowledge the ethnic cleansing of her country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, who endured 15 years of house arrest for taking on the military dictatorship in Myanmar, was only the second person to receive the award, in 2012. It was named after Elie Wiesel, a fellow recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and a Holocaust survivor who was one of the museum’s founders. Mr. Wiesel was the first recipient.

The award, according to the museum, is given annually “to an internationally prominent individual whose actions have advanced the Museum’s vision of a world where people confront hatred, prevent genocide and promote human dignity.”

But Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the museum said, has failed to live up to that vision.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-holocaust-rohingya.html?smid=tw-share

[marybourg]

1. Good! nt

[dalton99a]

2. It's a shame they can't revoke her Nobel peace prize

[pennylane100]

3. Her behavior certainly shocked many of us who saw her as a hero.

She certain has no right to claim the honor that this human rights award bestows.

[Blue_Tires]

5. It's truly a shame because I had high hopes for her, too

but her actions in this military-sanctioned genocide have been reprehensible...

[Lucky Luciano]

4. She has been a massive disappointment to say the least. nt