FILE PHOTO - Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
LONDON (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of a human rights award by the City of Oxford, where she was an undergraduate, as British institutions increasingly distance themselves from the beleaguered former rights icon.
Oxford City Council voted unanimously this week to recommend Suu Kyi's Freedom of the City award be withdrawn, citing deep concerns over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims under her watch.
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