Arakan News Agency
Students at the University of Oxford, voted on Thursday evening to remove the name of the Myanmar leader from the title of their common room as a result of her stance on the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the Guardian reported.
The minority Rohingya in Myanmar are systematically ethnically cleansed, with security forces conducting a killing and genocide against the minority, according to human rights groups, while Suu Kyi denied ethnic cleansing earlier.
In a vote on Thursday evening, students at St. Hugh College at Oxford University decided to cancel the name of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner from the Common Hall with immediate effect.
The proposal criticized “silence and complicity” in the prime minister’s clear defense of her country’s treatment of the Muslim minority of Rohingya, those are suffering from ethnic cleansing and violent attacks by Myanmar military forces.
The United Nations said the crisis led to the expulsion of more than half a million Rohingya from the northern state of Arakan to neighboring Bangladesh.“Aung San Suu Kyi’s inability to condemn mass murder, mass rape and gross human rights violations in Arakan can not be tolerated and it’s unacceptable. ”
In 2012, Suu Kyi accepted an honorary doctorate from Oxford and held her 67th birthday at the college, where she studied politics, philosophy and economics between 1964 and 1967.
In recent months, however, it has been increasingly criticized for its position on the humanitarian crisis of Rohingya.
In September, the St. Hugh board decided to remove a plaque from its main entrance, days before the start of the university semester and the arrival of new students.
So far, Oxford has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary degree. But the university expressed its “deep concern” over the treatment of the Rohingya minority.
“It hopes that the Myanmar administration led by Aung San Suu Kyi will be able to eliminate discrimination and persecution and prove to the world that Myanmar appreciates the lives of all its citizens,” the university said.
A number of Nobel Peace Prize laureates late last year called on the United Nations to intervene for the minority of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar, criticizing Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also a recipient of the award.
Students at the University of Oxford, voted on Thursday evening to remove the name of the Myanmar leader from the title of their common room as a result of her stance on the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the Guardian reported.
The minority Rohingya in Myanmar are systematically ethnically cleansed, with security forces conducting a killing and genocide against the minority, according to human rights groups, while Suu Kyi denied ethnic cleansing earlier.
In a vote on Thursday evening, students at St. Hugh College at Oxford University decided to cancel the name of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner from the Common Hall with immediate effect.
The proposal criticized “silence and complicity” in the prime minister’s clear defense of her country’s treatment of the Muslim minority of Rohingya, those are suffering from ethnic cleansing and violent attacks by Myanmar military forces.
The United Nations said the crisis led to the expulsion of more than half a million Rohingya from the northern state of Arakan to neighboring Bangladesh.“Aung San Suu Kyi’s inability to condemn mass murder, mass rape and gross human rights violations in Arakan can not be tolerated and it’s unacceptable. ”
In 2012, Suu Kyi accepted an honorary doctorate from Oxford and held her 67th birthday at the college, where she studied politics, philosophy and economics between 1964 and 1967.
In recent months, however, it has been increasingly criticized for its position on the humanitarian crisis of Rohingya.
In September, the St. Hugh board decided to remove a plaque from its main entrance, days before the start of the university semester and the arrival of new students.
So far, Oxford has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary degree. But the university expressed its “deep concern” over the treatment of the Rohingya minority.
“It hopes that the Myanmar administration led by Aung San Suu Kyi will be able to eliminate discrimination and persecution and prove to the world that Myanmar appreciates the lives of all its citizens,” the university said.
A number of Nobel Peace Prize laureates late last year called on the United Nations to intervene for the minority of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar, criticizing Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also a recipient of the award.
