Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of its most prestigious human rights award
by Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
Nov 12, 2018
2 minutes
SINGAPORE - Amnesty International said Monday that it had withdrawn its highest human rights honor from Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar, citing her defense of the military's deadly crackdown against Rohingya Muslims and growing restrictions on free speech.
The human rights advocacy group, which presented Suu Kyi with its Ambassador of Conscience award in 2009 to mark her long struggle against Myanmar's military
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