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Aung San Suu Kyi loses Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya crisis
Source: The Guardian
Aung San Suu Kyi loses Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya crisis
Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression
Patrick Greenfield
Monday 27 November 2017 22.02 GMT
Aung San Suu Kyi has been formally stripped of the Freedom of the City of Oxford award over her response to the repression of her country’s Rohingya Muslims.
Oxford city council voted unanimously to permanently remove the honour given to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997, and said it did not want to celebrate “those who turn a blind eye to violence”.
Oxford councillors had previously voted to support a cross-party motion to remove the award, and made the decision official in a vote on Monday evening.
The vote comes on the same day Myanmar’s powerful army chief told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in Myanmar.
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Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression
Patrick Greenfield
Monday 27 November 2017 22.02 GMT
Aung San Suu Kyi has been formally stripped of the Freedom of the City of Oxford award over her response to the repression of her country’s Rohingya Muslims.
Oxford city council voted unanimously to permanently remove the honour given to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997, and said it did not want to celebrate “those who turn a blind eye to violence”.
Oxford councillors had previously voted to support a cross-party motion to remove the award, and made the decision official in a vote on Monday evening.
The vote comes on the same day Myanmar’s powerful army chief told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in Myanmar.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/27/aung-san-suu-kyi-loses-freedom-of-oxford-over-rohingya-crisis
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