Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the International Court
of Justice on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, to defend Myanmar against
accusations it has committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim
minority population. Photo Courtesy: ICJ
The hearings at an international court in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague rolled into the third and final day today.
More than 740,000 Rohingyas fled into neighbouring Bangladesh in 2016
and 2017 during the ensuing violence. Survivors have recounted harrowing
atrocities including gang-rape, mass killings, torture and widespread
destruction of property at the hands of the Myanmar army.
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