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Lawyers slam Suu Kyi's defense of Myanmar genocide against Rohingya
Dec 12, 2019 13:55Lawyers seeking to halt an ongoing genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have strongly denounced Aung San Suu Kyi’s defense of her country’s armed forces, saying the fallen pro-democracy icon chose to ignore “unspeakable” acts committed against civilians.
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Myanmar court begins trial of 95 Rohingya Muslims
Dec 11, 2019 12:29A court in Myanmar has begun the trial of about 100 Rohingya Muslims arrested for attempting to flee persecution, the defendants’ lawyers say.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 11:32The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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Activists urge intl. boycott of Myanmar on eve of trial over Rohingya genocide
Dec 09, 2019 10:41Human rights campaigners worldwide have called for an international boycott of Myanmar as the country’s leader is set to attend hearings in a trial at The Hague for charges of genocide of Rohingya Muslims.
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ICJ to be asked to help stop violence against Rohingya
Dec 06, 2019 04:54The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague is to be asked to enact “provisional” measures that would ask Myanmar to stop deadly violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
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HRW: Bangladesh denying education to 400,000 Rohingya children
Dec 03, 2019 16:49Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Bangladeshi government has been depriving nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslim refugee children in the South Asian country of the right to education.
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Suu Kyi set to contest Rohingya 'genocide' case at world court
Nov 21, 2019 03:41Myanmar's de facto leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will head a delegation to the UN's top court to defend a case accusing her country of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, the government said Wednesday.
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War crimes court approves probe into crimes against Myanmar's Rohingya
Nov 15, 2019 04:30The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved a long-awaited full investigation into crimes against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, which has systematically driven Muslims across the border to Bangladesh.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sued for first time over Rohingya
Nov 14, 2019 08:56Human rights groups in Latin America have filed a case against Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and members of the country’s military to hold them accountable for the state-sponsored atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
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Myanmar faces genocide accusations for persecuting Rohingya
Nov 12, 2019 04:59Myanmar’s government faces accusations of involvement in genocide regarding the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in a lawsuit filed by Gambia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).