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Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Meets Reality
The news coverage of Myanmar over the past several months has led many people to conclude that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of the country, has abandoned her responsibility to protect human rights.
Hundreds of thousands of people from the Rohingya ethnic minority are being expelled by the military from lands in western Myanmar, where they have lived for centuries.
By any standard, we are witnessing the most fundamental violations of human rights.
Beneath these atrocities lie the complex internal politics of Myanmar.
We need to remember what happened when, to international acclaim, Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi emerged as the…