Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Hungary’s Orbán to lament their “growing Muslim populations”

Vox
By Alex Ward
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Jun 7, 2019

This continues the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s fall from grace.

Aung San Suu Kyi and Viktor Orbán meet in Hungary on June 5, 2019. MTI/Miniszterelnöki Sajtóiroda

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who was once lauded internationally for her efforts to bring democracy to Myanmar, made a rare trip to Europe this week.

But the civilian leader’s purpose this time wasn’t to champion human rights and democracy. It was to meet with far-right Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán to lament the “continuously growing Muslim populations” in both of their countries.