Amnesty International has withdrawn its highest honour from Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in light of what it said was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's "shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for".
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The human rights organisation has announced that its secretary general, Kumi Naidoo, informed Suu Kyi it was revoking her 2009 Ambassador of Conscience Award.
Amnesty has criticised the failure of Suu Kyi and her government to speak out about military atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim population.
Naidoo said on Monday that Amnesty expected Suu Kyi to use her "moral authority" to speak out against injustice wherever she saw it, especially in Myanmar.
"Today, we are profoundly dismayed that you no longer represent a symbol of hope, courage, and the undying defence of human rights," Naidoo told her.
Australian Associated Press