Outgoing UN envoy to Myanmar 'utterly disappointed' with Suu Kyi

Sub-title: 

Yanghee Lee says Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed to live up to her reputation as an icon of human rights.

Description: 

"The United Nations' outgoing human rights envoy for Myanmar has told Al Jazeera that the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, failed to live up to her reputation as a humanitarian. Yanghee Lee's time in the role was dominated by Myanmar's bloody crackdown in western Rakhine state in 2017, when at least 750,000 people, mostly ethnic Rohingya, fled across the border to Bangladesh. More: UN envoy calls for investigation into "possible war crimes" in Myanmar as Rakhine conflict continues Eight killed in Myanmar's troubled western state of Rakhine Myanmar to release 25,000 prisoners to mark New Year festival Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely criticised for remaining mostly silent on accusations of anti-Rohingya violence, and Lee told Al Jazeera on Wednesday she believed the Myanmar leader's inaction was "utterly disappointing"..."

Creator/author: 

Yanghee Lee

Source/publisher: 

"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)

Date of Publication: 

2020-04-30

Date of entry: 

2020-05-01

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text and video

Text quality: 

    • Good