[ti:As Rohingya Flee Violence, Myanmar's Leader Cancels UN Meeting] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.12]Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's government, [00:04.04]has cancelled her planned visit to the United Nations General Assembly. [00:10.20]Several nations have criticized the Myanmar military recently [00:15.20]for deadly attacks against minority Rohingya Muslims [00:19.92]in the country, also known as Burma. [00:24.00]The UN General Assembly is meeting next week in New York City. [00:30.28]The UN says almost 380,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh. [00:38.40]Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 [00:43.88]for leading the nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar. [00:51.00]She spent more than 20 years under house arrest because of her democracy effort. [00:57.96]But she is facing sharp criticism for her response [01:01.78]to the violence against Rohingya in the country. [01:05.96]She has denied reports of genocide and defended the military actions as justified. [01:14.28]The criticism has even come from other Nobel Peace Prize winners. [01:20.64]Retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa [01:26.16]wrote an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi. [01:30.64]Part of it said, "If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in Myanmar [01:37.04]is your silence, the price is surely too steep." [01:42.76]Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay said that Aung San Suu Kyi [01:47.97]will miss the General Assembly meeting to deal with security issues in Rakhine state. [01:55.00]He also said there had been reports of the possibility of terror attacks in the country. [02:02.48]Aung San Suu Kyi is the head of Myanmar's government and its foreign minister. [02:09.08]Myanmar's president is Htin Kyaw. [02:12.68]On August 25, a group of Rohingya militants attacked about 30 police offices [02:19.48]and army positions in Rakhine, killing several people. [02:24.92]The militants said they were trying to protect their ethnic minority [02:29.84]from government persecution. [02:33.00]About 400 people have been killed in battles between the military and the militants. [02:40.16]The Trump administration has called for protection of civilians. [02:45.64]The Bangladesh government has said that all the refugees will have to return to Myanmar. [02:52.72]It has called for safe areas in Myanmar. [02:57.32]But Zaw Htay said that would not be acceptable to Myanmar's government. [03:03.80]Philippe Bolopion is deputy director of global advocacy at Human Rights Watch. [03:11.04]He said the humanitarian crisis is worsened by Myanmar's refusal [03:16.48]to permit aid agencies to come in and provide help. [03:21.52]But Zaw Htay said the Myanmar government is working to stop the violence [03:26.92]and deal with threats of future terrorist attacks. [03:32.08]Jean Leiby of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) [03:36.00]says Rohingya camps in Bangladesh are crowded with children. [03:42.24]He said about 200,000 children may be at risk of disease [03:47.88]and are in urgent need of support. [03:51.52]The UN refugee agency sent a flight to Bangladesh carrying emergency aid. [03:58.76]A second flight, donated by the United Arab Emirates, [04:03.12]has also landed in Bangladesh, carrying about 2,000 family tents. [04:09.92]The Rohingya are one of Myanmar's many ethnic minorities [04:14.66]in the Buddhist-majority nation. T [04:17.92]hey have been denied citizenship, though most can show [04:22.36]that their families have been in the country for many years. [04:28.56]I'm Jonathan Evans. [04:30.24]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM