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August 16, 2012

AP: Suu Kyi’s silence: Nobel winner faces rare criticism for failing to defend Muslim minority

by Jocelyn Gecker
The Associated Press

BANGKOK — She is known as the voice of Myanmar’s downtrodden but there is one oppressed group that Aung San Suu Kyi does not want to discuss.

For weeks, Suu Kyi has dodged questions on the plight of a Muslim minority known as the Rohingya, prompting rare criticism of the woman whose struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar have earned her a Nobel Peace Prize, and adoration worldwide.

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