Leader and her government ‘burying their heads in the sand over the horrors unfolding in Rakhine’,says AmnestyAung San Suu Kyi has broken her silence on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, saying she does not “panic international scrutiny” and the government was still assessing allegations of atrocities.
In her first public address since a bloody army crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority that has been branded “ethnic cleansing” by the United Nations, or the Nobel laureate stressed the short time her government had been in power. Related: Myanmar: satellite imagery confirms Rohingya village of Tula Toli razed Related: Aung San Suu Kyi: what has happened to Myanmar's icon of morality? When Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in 2012 there were tall hopes that the Nobel peace prize winner would help heal Myanmar's entrenched ethnic divides. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com