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Suu Kyi set to contest Rohingya 'genocide' case at world court
Nov 21, 2019 07:11Myanmar'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 08:00The 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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Gambia takes global lead in justice for Rohingya
Nov 15, 2019 07:39Recently, the government of The Gambia gave the 740,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh a hint of something unfamiliar to them: hope. The West African country accomplished that by filing an official complaint against Myanmar with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for violations of the United Nations’ 1948 Genocide Convention linked to abuses against its Muslim Rohingya minority.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sued for first time over Rohingya
Nov 14, 2019 12:26Human 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 08:29Myanmar’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).
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AIDS patients sue Gambia’s ex-president over fake cures
Jun 01, 2018 18:48Three people living with AIDS in Gambia are suing former president Yahya Jammeh, alleging he detained and abused them as guinea pigs to test his supposed cure, one of their lawyers said.
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Police arrest more than 50 supporters of ex-president Jammeh in Gambia
Feb 20, 2017 20:37Gambian police have detained more than 50 supporters of ex-president Yahya Jammeh for harassing followers of new leader Adama Barrow, police officials say.
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Gambia’s Barrow arrives home from Senegal
Jan 26, 2017 21:05The Gambia’s newly-elected President Adama Barrow has returned to the nation after his predecessor finally agreed to cede power under international pressure and went into exile.
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New Gambian president set to return from Senegal on Thursday
Jan 25, 2017 21:34President Adama Barrow is set to return from neighboring Senegal to the Gambia after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh finally quit power and left the country.
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West African troops in Gambia to secure transfer of power to new president
Jan 22, 2017 19:37Hours after the Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh left the country after 22 years in power, West African troops approached the capital to secure the arrival of President Adama Barrow from Senegal.