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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991 prize winner, resided over the genocide of

• somenameforme 1y ago
  Yip, when reading his post I thought this would be the most obvious example. She was given the award for protesting a government that was cracking down hard on protest. She then took power and, at the minimum, was complicit in a literal genocide. In many ways I think this award should not be granted to 'resistance' types because they have a recurring habit of becoming even worse than that what they were resisting. And it obviously should not be given to political leaders based on words instead of actions. Actually maybe this prize shouldn't even exist - it's quite a joke, especially relative to the prize for the sciences.
  • jamincan 1y ago
    It really would be better as a posthumous award.
• peterfirefly 1y ago
  The Rohingyas were busy killing and raping non-Rohingyas. She put a stop to that.