Islamic body urges to cancel Nobel Peace Prize for Myanmar's Suu Kyi over Rohingya issue

Source: Xinhua | 2017-09-05 23:47:31 | Editor: huaxia

Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the funeral service for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party's former chairman Aung Shwe in Yangon on August 17, 2017. (AFP Photo)

RABAT, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) called on Tuesday the Norwegian Nobel Committee to immediately strip Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi of the Nobel Peace Prize to which she was awarded in 1991.

ISESCO said in a statement that Suu kyi "has lost the right to this prize because of what her country, under her leadership, is doing against the Muslim Rohingya minority."

Myanmar's despicable acts are against the essence of the Nobel Peace Prize, the statement added.

The statement urged the international community to intervene immediately to stop the atrocities and the dangerous violations of human rights in Myanmar.

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Islamic body urges to cancel Nobel Peace Prize for Myanmar's Suu Kyi over Rohingya issue

Source: Xinhua 2017-09-05 23:47:31

Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the funeral service for the National League for Democracy (NLD) party's former chairman Aung Shwe in Yangon on August 17, 2017. (AFP Photo)

ISESCO said in a statement that Suu kyi "has lost the right to this prize because of what her country, under her leadership, is doing against the Muslim Rohingya minority."

Myanmar's despicable acts are against the essence of the Nobel Peace Prize, the statement added.

The statement urged the international community to intervene immediately to stop the atrocities and the dangerous violations of human rights in Myanmar.