Oxford University also pits Suu Kyiʹa for genocide against Myanmar Muslims

The de facto head of Burma, who completed university studies at Oxford University, was honoured in 1997 for the “struggle for democracy” that he had conducted at the time, reported the “The Independent”, broadcast Periscopi.

But the Council of Oxford City voted unanimously to support a motion that said it was the most appropriate “for Suu Kyi to hold such a price, which has come under sharp criticism for failing to act in the face of reported atrocities against Muslims Roggya in Burma's Rakhina state.

More than 500,000 people have fled across the border in Bangladesh since late August of this year.

Oxford's reputation is “damaged by honouring those who close their eyes to violence”, said Mary Clarkson, a local adviser and working party member, in a speech proposing the motion.

“While the UN calls the situation an example of ethnic cleansing schoolbooks, Aung San Suu Kyi denies any ethnic cleansing and rejects numerous claims of sexual violence against women Rohingya as a false rape<18x1>, Clarkson said.

In a speech in late September, Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations and promised to punish the perpetrators, her first public statement on the subject since the beginning of the refugee escort.

But it did not address charges of ethnic cleansing and did not criticise the military's actions. Her speech was described as “ply more than a mixture of falsehoods and the impeachment of victims” by the director of “Amnesty International” for the region, James Gomez.

The award is expected to be considered by advisers this month, the democratic council service team, which handles petitions, told Reuters.

Meanwhile Unison, Britain's second largest union, announced last month that it would suspend its membership as an honorary member.

More than 400,000 people have demanded that Suu Kyi be removed the Nobel Peace Prize, but the Nobel Institute said it was impossible to lift a prize after it was donated./Periscopi/