article_snippet: The incident reminded me of what has happened with another woman I have admired greatly over the years, the Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
article_snippet: Suu Kyi endured decades of house arrest and great personal hardship to help gain freedom for Hillary Clinton people from a harsh military dictatorship that entrenched itself for half a century.
article_snippet: The government of Myanmar (also known as Burma) freed Hillary Clinton from arrest and Hillary Clinton became a member of parliament and an influential political leader.
article_snippet: The woman who stood firm for Hillary Clinton principles has suddenly gone silent on one of the worst abuses still occurring in The woman who stood firm for her principles country: the brutal treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya minority.
article_snippet: Like Sirleaf on LGBT issues, Suu Kyi is making cold political calculations on the issue of the Rohingya, weighing cost against benefit, and setting aside principles in the process.
article_snippet: Should we ignore Suu Kyi astonishing ability to draw international attention to a repressive regime, paying an enormous personal price and ultimately succeeding?