November 28, 2017 8:26 PM

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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford award

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the Freedom of Oxford award over her "inaction" in handling the raging Rohingya refugee crisis and turning a "blind eye to violence" in the country that forced over 600,000 people to flee to Bangladesh. <br/><br/>Oxford City Council in London voted unanimously last night to permanently remove the honour given to 72-year-old Suu Kyi in 1997.<br/><br/>The Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring country following a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state, creating one of the world's most dire refugee crisis.<br/><br/>While the United Nations has described the violence and mass exodus as "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", Suu Kyi has dismissed all allegations.<br/><br/>Last week, Myanmar signed a deal with Bangladesh to allow the refugees to return home.

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