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| Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of 'Freedom of Oxford' honour |
| 2017-11-29 |
| [Al Jazeera] Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the "Freedom of Oxford" award by the city's council, over her failure to speak out on abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya. In a unanimous decision on Monday evening, Oxford City Council voted to strip the Burmese State Counsellor of the award she received in 1997 and collected personally in 2012, after 15 years under house arrest. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Yup. The Mean Girls group who make fun of people who do not want to play make-over. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-11-29 18:36 |
| #7 JohnQC It seems to be the case with Taylor Swift as well |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-11-29 18:21 |
| #6 Now you get dinged for what you don't say as well as what you say? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-29 17:07 |
| #5 ...over her failure to speak out on abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya. Would they prefer she go back with a few AK-47's and RPG's so she can go John Fucking Rambo on them? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-11-29 16:39 |
| #4 Britons never will be slaves, eh? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-29 12:31 |
| #3 Islamaphobia is a bullshit term. I don't have a phobia of them. I just hate the pieces of shit. |
| Posted by: Chris 2017-11-29 12:19 |
| #2 Hate is now opposing the violent islamic invasion of your land... In the near future having an award from these types will be seen as a massive source of shame. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-11-29 06:35 |
| #1 I'm so old I can remember when she was the darling of the international peace and love crowd instead of an icon of far-right hatred and Islamophobia. Which would make be about five. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-11-29 03:28 |