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.
News On AIR | November 28, 2017 8:26 PM
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Freedom of Oxford award