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Myanmar court begins trial of 95 Rohingya Muslims
Dec 11, 2019 15:59A 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 15:02The 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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HRW: Bangladesh denying education to 400,000 Rohingya children
Dec 03, 2019 20:19Human 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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Rohingya refugees need rights, not restrictions
Nov 28, 2019 20:02Some high-level officials of the Bangladeshi government have recently expressed concern that the Rohingya refugees residing in their country represent a security threat to Bangladesh and the wider region. Under this premise, they have implemented a series of restrictions on the Rohingya communities in the refugee camps. But there no facts to back up their claim.
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Myanmar begins court martial over atrocities against Rohingya
Nov 27, 2019 08:05Myanmar’s military has begun a trial of soldiers for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, as the Southeast Asian country also braces for genocide charges at an international court in The Hague.
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Rohingya refugees need rights, not restrictions
Nov 23, 2019 13:23Some high-level officials of the Bangladeshi government have recently expressed concern that the Rohingya refugees residing in their country represent a security threat to Bangladesh and the wider region.
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Gambia’s gallant goal to redress plight of Rohingya Muslims
Nov 22, 2019 17:44“Gambia deserves praise for 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.” This was part of an article written by staff writers of Keyhan International under the heading: “Gambia’s gallant goal to redress plight of Rohingya Muslims”.
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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.