U.N. Rights Official ‘Very Disappointed’ in Myanmar Leader on Rohingya Crisis
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U.N. Rights Official ‘Very Disappointed’ in Myanmar Leader on Rohingya Crisis
The comments by the investigator, Yanghee Lee of South Korea, a leading child rights expert appointed to her United Nations human rights post in 2014,
underscored international frustrations over the behavior of the Myanmar leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, regarding the persecution of the Rohingya.
I’m very disappointed." She said if the Myanmar leader were to "reach out to the people
and say, ‘Hey, let’s show some humanity,’ I think people will follow her — she’s adored by the public." There was no immediate response to Ms. Lee’s comments from Myanmar’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, a hero of democratic rights who endured years of house arrest by Myanmar’s military to become the top civilian politician of her country
and de facto head of the government, has not criticized the deadly campaign against the Rohingya, who are widely reviled among the country’s Buddhist majority.
26, 2017
The United Nations investigator of human rights abuses in Myanmar expressed deep disappointment Thursday at what she described
as an indifferent response by the country’s Nobel laureate leader to the violence raging against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the annual United Nations General Assembly last month in what was
widely viewed as a way to avoid hard questions and confrontations over the Rohingya crisis.
Ms. Lee spoke a day after she delivered a sharp critique of Myanmar’s human rights situation to the United Nations General Assembly.
Speaking to reporters at the United Nations on Thursday, Ms. Lee said "there is so much hatred
and hostility against the Rohingya" in Myanmar that few dare speak out against it.
The comments by the investigator, Yanghee Lee of South Korea, a leading child rights expert appointed to her United Nations human rights post in 2014,
underscored international frustrations over the behavior of the Myanmar leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, regarding the persecution of the Rohingya.
I’m very disappointed." She said if the Myanmar leader were to "reach out to the people
and say, ‘Hey, let’s show some humanity,’ I think people will follow her — she’s adored by the public." There was no immediate response to Ms. Lee’s comments from Myanmar’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, a hero of democratic rights who endured years of house arrest by Myanmar’s military to become the top civilian politician of her country
and de facto head of the government, has not criticized the deadly campaign against the Rohingya, who are widely reviled among the country’s Buddhist majority.
26, 2017
The United Nations investigator of human rights abuses in Myanmar expressed deep disappointment Thursday at what she described
as an indifferent response by the country’s Nobel laureate leader to the violence raging against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the annual United Nations General Assembly last month in what was
widely viewed as a way to avoid hard questions and confrontations over the Rohingya crisis.
Ms. Lee spoke a day after she delivered a sharp critique of Myanmar’s human rights situation to the United Nations General Assembly.
Speaking to reporters at the United Nations on Thursday, Ms. Lee said "there is so much hatred
and hostility against the Rohingya" in Myanmar that few dare speak out against it.