Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of 'Freedom of Oxford' honour for weak response to Rohingya crisis

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was officially stripped of her “Freedom of Oxford” title on Monday evening for her handling of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, AFP reported.

In an unanimous decision, the Oxford City Council voted to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto head of



state, of the award she received in 1997 and collected in 2012 after spending 15 years under house arrest, Al Jazeera reported.

The council had made the decision in October, but decided to hold a special meeting on Monday to confirm the withdrawal of the title, reported Oxford Mail.