In a damning report, the United Nations has called for the leadership of Myanmar's armed forces to be prosecuted for genocide over their attacks on the country's Rohingya minority. The report also placed blame on Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's civilian leader, who failed to take action to stop the attacks. Genocide is the most serious charge the UN can make against a government and it's rarely proposed.
Torture, murder, rape, sexual slavery and imprisonment are among the crimes documented in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine. An estimated 700,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee the violence over the past year. As a result of her silence and inaction, countless high-profile honours previously bestowed on Aung San Suu Kyi are now being revoked or retracted. Most recently, councillors in Edinburgh voted to strip the Nobel peace prize winner of her Freedom of the City award.
Such honours have also been revoked in Oxford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dublin. In the Irish capital, musician Bob Geldof handed back his Freedom of the City of Dublin award as he did not wanted to be associated with Aung San Suu Kyi, who he labelled a "pig" and "a handmaiden to ethnic cleansing". Councillors in Dublin subsequently voted to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom of the City award in December 2017. The U.S. Holocaust Museum also withdrew her human rights award in March of this year.
Related Infographics
FAQ
- The Statista "Chart of the Day", made available under the Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0, may be used and displayed without charge by all commercial and non-commercial websites. Use is, however, only permitted with proper attribution to Statista. When publishing one of these graphics, please include a backlink to the respective infographic URL. More Information
- The Statista "Chart of the Day" currently focuses on two sectors: "Media and Technology", updated daily and featuring the latest statistics from the media, internet, telecommunications and consumer electronics industries; and "Economy and Society", which current data from the United States and around the world relating to economic and political issues as well as sports and entertainment.
- For individual content and infographics in your Corporate Design, please visit our agency website www.statista.design
Any more questions?
Get in touch with us quickly and easily.
We are happy to help!
Do you still have questions?
Feel free to contact us anytime using our contact form or visit our FAQ page.
Your contact to the Infographics Newsroom
Statista Content & Design
Need infographics, animated videos, presentations, data research or social media charts?