{"id":7546,"date":"2018-02-28T19:51:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:51:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:51:38","slug":"3-nobel-laureates-slam-suu-kyi-over-rohingya-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/3-nobel-laureates-slam-suu-kyi-over-rohingya-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Nobel laureates slam Suu Kyi over Rohingya \u2018genocide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7547\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/3-Nobel-laureates.jpg\" alt=\"3 Nobel laureates\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Three Nobel peace laureates have called on Myanmar\u2019s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a fellow laureate, to put an end to the \u201cgenocide\u201d against the Rohingya minority.<br \/>\nMairead Maguire of Northern Ireland, Shirin Ebadi of Iran and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen on Wednesday ended a visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<br \/>\nThey vowed to bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice via the International Criminal Court (ICC).<br \/>\nSuu Kyi \u201cmust stop turning a deaf ear to the persecution of the Rohingya or risk being complicit in the crimes,\u201d said Karman. \u201cWake up or face prosecution.\u201d<br \/>\nIf Suu Kyi fails to stop the killings, \u201cher choice is clear: Resign or be held accountable, along with the army commanders, for the crimes committed,\u201d added Karman.<br \/>\nEbadi said Suu Kyi is \u201cdirectly responsible.\u201d The three laureates said they had written to her repeatedly urging her to stop the atrocities against the Rohingya, but received no reply.<br \/>\nThe three laureates shared with reporters the experiences of Rohingya women they spoke with at the camps.<br \/>\n\u201cMy 18-year-old daughter had her breasts cut off and she died,\u201d the laureates quoted a woman in Thyankhali camp as saying.<br \/>\nMaguire said: \u201cThe torture, rape and killing of any one member of our human family must be challenged, as in the case of the Rohingya genocide.\u201d<br \/>\nEbadi asked: \u201cWhere are the Muslims?\u201d She urged them to make a \u201cunited effort to stop this crime.\u201d<br \/>\nShe added: \u201cIf today we turn a blind eye to these crimes, there will be many more like this in the future.\u201d<br \/>\nThe three laureates on Wednesday met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and thanked her for her generosity toward Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/3-nobel-laureates-slam-suu-kyi-over-rohingya-genocide\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Nobel peace laureates have called on Myanmar\u2019s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a fellow laureate, to put an end to the \u201cgenocide\u201d against the Rohingya minority. Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland, Shirin Ebadi of Iran and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen on Wednesday ended a visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh. 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