Amnesty International has strongly criticized Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to condemn the deadly military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. The rights group said Suu Kyi and her government are burying heads in the sand over the violence that is tearing through the Rakhine state.
Suu Kyi made her first address about the violence that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims flee to Bangladesh since August. Amnesty said the speech was a mix of untruths and victim blaming. The rights group added that refugees who have fled to Bangladesh cannot return to the appalling situation where they are denied citizenship.