December 30, 2019
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.( AP Photo )
Earlier this month, Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar, became the first person in history to win a Nobel Peace Prize and defend against accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Since 2017, More than 700,000 Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, have fled the country as Myanmar’s military began attacking their villages, sexually assaulting women, killing thousands, and in some accounts, throwing babies into fires. The military claimed these attacks were a counter-terrorism operation to stop a Rohingya insurgent group.
