Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will not be stripped of Nobel Prize
August 29, 2018 23:07
Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be stripped of her Nobel Peace Prize, the award's committee said despite allegations by the United Nations that her government is committing genocide.
An independent UN investigation recommended on Monday that Myanmar's top military leaders be investigated and prosecuted for genocide over alleged human rights abuses committed against the minority Muslim Rohingya over the past six months.
The allegations leveled by the report include indiscriminate killing, gang rape, assaulting children and the destruction of entire villages.
However, there is "no provision" within the Nobel statutes to strip a winner of a prize, Norwegian Nobel Institute Director Olav Njolstad said.
"We continue to call on all involved in Myanmar to ease the suffering of the Rohingya and cease their persecution and suppression," Njolstad said.
Suu Kyi was awarded the prestigious prize in 1991, when she was an opposition figure in Myanmar. The institute cited her work to "establish a democratic society in which the country's ethnic groups could cooperate in harmony," according to its website.
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