Press release - Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from the Sakharov Prize Community

The decision by the Conference of Presidents (President and political group leaders) to exclude Aung San Suu Kyi formally from all activities of the Community of Sakharov Prize laureates is a response to her failure to act and her acceptance of the ongoing crimes against the Rohingya community in Myanmar.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200907IPR86516/
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Friday, September 11, 2020
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese people, Nobel laureates, State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San, Aung, Myanmar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aung San Oo, National League for Democracy
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  • The decision by the Conference of Presidents (President and political group leaders) to exclude Aung San Suu Kyi formally from all activities of the Community of Sakharov Prize laureates is a response to her failure to act and her acceptance of the ongoing crimes against the Rohingya community in Myanmar.
  • The Sakharov Prize Community connects MEPs, laureates, and civil society to increase cooperation on human rights action in Brussels and internationally.
  • Background

    In 1990, the European Parliament awarded then Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for embodying her countrys fight for democracy.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi is currently State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar.
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