Having spent a quarter of my life as a political prisoner, I have witnessed the best and the worst of humanity. Last week, at the genocide hearings at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, I felt both of those emotions.
She was my idol. Last week I sat watching her in the International Court of Justice in The Hague as she turned her back on my people and defended and denied our genocide. But in court Aung San Suu Kyi could not even utter our name—Rohingya—when denying our atrocities and even our existence. A few days earlier, at the UN's highest court, she defended the crimes the Myanmar military committed against us.
We have never had the experience of the rule of law, fair trial and and open court system. Aung San Suu Kyi would have us believe that we should trust the perpetrators to investigate and police themselves. As someone who has been on the receiving end of their 'justice', that notion is laughable.
waiwainu Excellent and persuasive writing. Thank you for speaking truth about Aung San Suu Kyi’s heartbreaking loss of integrity. Her Nobel prize should be rescinded.
waiwainu ' I remember as a six years old girl, my father showing me secret photos of Aung San Suu Kyi he kept hidden, at great personal risk,...' I SERIOUSLY did not recall the experience of keeping photos of ASSK imposing great personal risks as I used to keep a few of her photos.
waiwainu Why in the world would she do this ? Power ? Money ? all of the above ?
waiwainu Anyone who defends crime of any nature makes herself/himself of part of it.