Amnesty withdraws Aung San Suu Kyi's award

Updated November 13 2018 - 6:41am, first published 6:35am
Amnesty has criticised Suu Kyi's failure to speak out about atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims.
Amnesty has criticised Suu Kyi's failure to speak out about atrocities against the Rohingya Muslims.

Amnesty International has withdrawn its highest honour from Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in light of what it said was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's "shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for".

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