Showing posts with label Amal Clooney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amal Clooney. Show all posts
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Amal Clooney to pursue Rohingya case at The Hague
The Guardian
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Human rights lawyer will represent Maldives, which is joining the Gambia in taking Myanmar to court for alleged genocide
Amal Clooney will represent the Maldives in seeking justice for Rohingya Muslims at the UN’s highest court, where Myanmar faces accusations of genocide.
The Maldivian government has said it will join the Gambia in challenging Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya people during an army crackdown in Rakhine state in 2017 that forced more than 700,000 people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Rebecca Ratcliffe
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Human rights lawyer will represent Maldives, which is joining the Gambia in taking Myanmar to court for alleged genocide
Amal Clooney is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Photograph: Robin Utrecht/Rex/Shutterstock
Amal Clooney will represent the Maldives in seeking justice for Rohingya Muslims at the UN’s highest court, where Myanmar faces accusations of genocide.
The Maldivian government has said it will join the Gambia in challenging Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya people during an army crackdown in Rakhine state in 2017 that forced more than 700,000 people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Maldives gets top lawyer to fight for Rohingya at UN court
Bangkok Post
2020.02.26
COLOMBO: The luxury tourist destination of the Maldives has hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent it at the UN's highest court in seeking justice for Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
The Maldivian government said Wednesday it will formally join the mainly Muslim African state of The Gambia in challenging Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown that sent around 740,000 Rohingya fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.
2020.02.26
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will represent the Maldives at the UN's highest court in the Rohingya case.
COLOMBO: The luxury tourist destination of the Maldives has hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent it at the UN's highest court in seeking justice for Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
The Maldivian government said Wednesday it will formally join the mainly Muslim African state of The Gambia in challenging Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown that sent around 740,000 Rohingya fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Maldives hires Amal Clooney to represent Rohingya at UN
Aljazeera
2020.02.26
British-Lebanese lawyer said she is delighted to represent the Rohingya before the International Court of Justice.
2020.02.26
British-Lebanese lawyer said she is delighted to represent the Rohingya before the International Court of Justice.
The UN has described the Rohingya as the world's most persecuted people [Ann Wang/Reuters]
The Maldives has hired the services of prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent the persecuted Rohingya at the United Nations court.
"I am delighted to have been asked to represent the Maldives before the International Court of Justice. Accountability for genocide in Myanmar is long overdue and I look forward to working on this important effort to seek judicial remedies for Rohingya survivors," the British-Lebanese lawyer said.
"I am delighted to have been asked to represent the Maldives before the International Court of Justice. Accountability for genocide in Myanmar is long overdue and I look forward to working on this important effort to seek judicial remedies for Rohingya survivors," the British-Lebanese lawyer said.
Maldives hires Amal Clooney to represent Rohingya at UN
AA
Riyaz ul Khaliq
ANKARA
26.02.2020
Archipelago nation to intervene in Gambian case against Myanmar at International Court of Justice
Maldives has hired the services of prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent the persecuted Rohingya at the UN court.
“I am delighted to have been asked to represent the Maldives before the International Court of Justice. Accountability for genocide in Myanmar is long overdue and I look forward to working on this important effort to seek judicial remedies for Rohingya survivors,” the British-Lebanese lawyer said.
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