Tag Archives: Aung San Suu Kyi

• World Court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide 23 January 2020 | Stephanie van den Berg and Ruma Paul This post has one comment

  The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingyas from genocide, a ruling cheered by refugees as their first major legal victory since being forced from their homes. ...

• China’s Xi ends Myanmar visit with flurry of agreements 18 January 2020 This post has one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping ended a two-day state visit to Myanmar on Saturday after attending the signing of a raft of agreements buttressing bilateral relations and advancing Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. ...

• UN court to rule next week in Rohingya genocide case 16 January 2020 | Mike Corder This post has 3 comments

  The UN's top court announced Wednesday that it will issue a decision next week on a request to order Myanmar to halt what has been cast as a genocidal campaign against the southeast Asian country's Rohingya Muslim minority. ...

• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims at top UN court 11 December 2019 | Danny Kemp and Jan Hennop This post has 6 comments

  Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi rejected allegations of genocide against Myanmar in the UN's top court Wednesday, despite admitting the army may have used excessive force against Rohingya Muslims. ...

• Amnesty accuses Myanmar military of fresh ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine 29 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes", extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said Wednesday. ...

• Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour 13 November 2018 | Dmitry Zaks This post has one comment

  Amnesty International on Monday stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour over the Myanmar leader's "indifference" to the atrocities committed by the military against Rohingya Muslims. ...

• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role 19 September 2017 | Antoni Slodkowski This post has 2 comments

  Aung San Suu Kyi condemned human rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be brought to book, but she did not address UN accusations of a campaign of ethnic cleansing. ...

• Myanmar’s noble lady in distress 16 September 2017 | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has 4 comments

  The Myanmar issue needs to be handled with compassion to both sides and to prevent at all cost another democratic nation falling under the despotic rule of China. ...

• Wrong to rail against Dalai Lama for not condemning violence on Rohingya Muslims 13 September 2017 | Omair Ahmad This post has 2 comments

  The Dalai Lama has multiple times condemned attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, but people have turned to blame him, in one of the cases of moral blindness that is shocking in its idiocy ...

• Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Myanmar violence 6 September 2017 | Saphora Smith This post has 8 comments

  Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence Wednesday on a refugee crisis that has sent 146,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh. ...