{"id":98539,"date":"2017-09-18T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=98539"},"modified":"2017-09-18T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T11:11:47","slug":"dear-nobel-peace-laureate-aung-san-suu-kyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/09\/dear-nobel-peace-laureate-aung-san-suu-kyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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11 Sep 2017<\/em> – When you were finally able to accept your Nobel Peace Prize, you spoke eloquently of the ultimate aim of a world in which \u201cevery corner is a true sanctuary where the inhabitants will have the freedom and the capacity to live in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you noted that \u201cevery thought, every word, and every action\u201d that adds to this desire is a contribution to peace.<\/p>\n

Surely now is a time for a word on the plight of the Rohingya people in western Myanmar who the United Nations has described as one of the world\u2019s most persecuted people.<\/p>\n

So far, you have warned against \u201cfake information\u201d and \u201cterrorists\u201d. We have not, however, heard a word of support or even comfort for the people that, as amply documented by international organizations and media, are subject to a campaign leading to death, widespread suffering and desperate escapes over the border.<\/p>\n

The 1991 Nobel Prize was given to honor your heroic and unflagging efforts for peace and prosperity in your country and, let\u2019s remember, to support efforts to achieve \u201cethnic conciliation by peaceful means.\u201d<\/p>\n

You have mentioned that there is violence instigated on \u201cboth sides\u201d. There may be some truth in that statement, but \u2013 it appears entirely lacking in a sense of scale and proportion.<\/p>\n

We are aware you do not have uncontested power in Myanmar to order a new approach to peace in Rakhine state. However, a humanitarian catastrophe requires setting politics aside.<\/p>\n

As you yourself noted, thoughts and words can make a difference. Please let yours be known.<\/p>\n

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\nFarhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service-IPS<\/em><\/p>\n

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11 Sep 2017 – So far, you have warned against \u201cfake information\u201d and \u201cterrorists\u201d. We have not, however, heard a word of support or even comfort for the people that, as amply documented by international organizations and media, are subject to a campaign leading to death, widespread suffering and desperate escapes over the border. The 1991 Nobel Prize was given to honor your heroic and unflagging efforts for peace and prosperity in your country and, let\u2019s remember, to support efforts to achieve \u201cethnic conciliation by peaceful means.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nobel-laureates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}