Rohingya Hail UN Ruling Ordering Myanmar to Prevent Genocide

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Associated Press
Published 23 January 2020

 

The United Nations' top court ordered Myanmar to take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, delivering a sweeping legal victory for the Muslim minority. 

 

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Myanmar to take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, delivering a sweeping legal victory for the Muslim minority.

The ruling came despite appeals last month by Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the International Court of Justice to drop the case amid her denials of genocide by the armed forces that once held the former pro-democracy champion under house arrest for 15 years.

Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide

GULF TIMES
AFP/The Hague
Thursday، 23 January 2020

The UN’s highest court ordered Myanmar yesterday to do everything in its power to prevent the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims, as international justice stepped into the crisis for the first time.

The International Court of Justice rejected arguments made by Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in The Hague in December and set out urgent steps for the majority Buddhist nation to end the violence.

Rohingyas are violent as they are stateless: Foreign minister.

The Daily Star

February 24, 2019
Our Correspondent, Sylhet

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Rohingyas are violent as they do not have citizenship anywhere.

Attacking German journalists at Ukhia Rohingya Camp in Cox's Bazaar was an unfortunate act by the Rohingyas, he said.