Malala Yousafzai criticises Aung San Suu Kyi over Burma violence

Malala Yousafzai has called on Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the “tragic and shameful” treatment of the Burma’s Muslim Rohingya people following violence that has left hundreds dead.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, 20, told her fellow laureate that the “world is waiting” for her to act over unrest that has seen tens of thousands of people flee into neighbouring Bangladesh.

Ms Yousafzai, a student at Oxford University, made her comments after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warned Ms Suu Kyi, Burma’s de facto 0 Malala Yousafzai called for action from Aung San Suu Kyi leader, that the treatment of the ethnic minority group is “besmirching” the country’s reputation.

Burmese security officials and insurgents from the Rohingya are accusing each other of burning down villages and committing atrocities in Rakhine state in the west of the country.

Ms Yousafzai wrote: “Over the last several years, I have repeatedly condemned this tragic and shameful treatment. I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same.”

Almost 400 people have died in the recent unrest, with the Burmese military accused of committing crimes against humanity by campaigners.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “We hope that Aung San Suu Kyi can use her remarkable qualities to unite her country.”