Canada's parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar's Rohingya people.
The Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar's civilian leader, of the symbolic honour bestowed on her in 2007, following a similar unanimous vote in the House of Commons last week.
Suu Kyi is the first person to have her honorary Canadian citizenship revoked.
The United Nations reported last month the Myanmar's military has systematically killed thousands of Rohingya civilians, burned hundreds of their villages and engaged in ethnic cleansing and mass gang rape.
Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her fight for democracy in Myanmar.
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"At that point she was a champion for change and human rights ... The world pinned its hope on her as the shining light and hope for a democratic and peaceful Myanmar," said Senator Ratna Omidvar, who introduced the motion to revoke Suu Kyi's citizenship.
"As we all now know, that was not to be."
Omidvar said Suu Kyi has denied the atrocities, restricted access to international investigators and journalists, defended the military and denied humanitarian aid for the Rohingya.
