Muslims on 2 Continents Protest Persecution in Myanmar<br />"I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same."<br />My statement on the #Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: pic.twitter.com/1Pj5U3VdDK Last year, a group of Nobel laureates — including Ms. Yousafzai, Desmond Tutu and 11 other recipients — signed an open letter<br />that "warned of the potential for genocide." Some critics of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi blamed her for the crisis and called for her prize to be revoked.<br />The demonstrations raised the pressure on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar<br />and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who once embodied her country’s fight for democracy and human rights.<br />4, 2017<br />HONG KONG — Protests erupted Monday among Muslims in Asia, Australia and Russia over a military campaign in Myanmar<br />that has forced tens of thousands of fellow Muslims to flee across the border to Bangladesh.<br />The Nobel Committee, all Norwegian citizens appointed by the country’s Parliament, will not<br />rescind Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s prize, said Gunnar Stalsett, a former committee member.<br />Mr. Stalsett said that The principle we follow is the decision is not a declaration of a saint,<br />Amid the protests, a fellow peace prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, took to Twitter<br />to confront Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, asking her to condemn the violence.<br />Pakistani Muslim said that Over the last several years, I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment,
