Showing posts with label Irish city of Galway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish city of Galway. Show all posts

Monday, February 18, 2019

Rohingya community

THE IRISH TIMES
Mon, Feb 18, 2019

Sir, – The Rohingya community in Ireland welcomes the gesture of Galway City Council in stripping Aung San Suu Kyi of the freedom of the city bestowed in 2005, and the resolution calling to endorse the UN fact-finding mission report to refer the Myanmar military to the International Criminal Court for genocide against Rohingya.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Irish city of Galway latest to rescind award from Aung San Suu Kyi over inaction on Rohingya

COCONUTS YANGON
By Coconuts Yangon Feb. 13, 2019
 
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives on stage to pose for a group photo before the start of the ASEAN-Japan summit on the sidelines of the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2018. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

The small city of Galway, Ireland, has become the latest member of the “Ex Aung San Suu Kyi Fan Club”, joining numerous other institutions that have stripped honors away from the Nobel Peace Prize winning leader in response to her continued silence on the plight of the Rohingya.