Rohingya testify on Myanmar crackdown in Argentina court

CNA
08 Jun 2023 

The president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), Maung Tun Khin, (L) and Argentine human rights lawyer Tomas Ojea Quintana are seen outside a federal court in Buenos Aires on Dec 16, 2021. Maung Tun Khin declared in a case against Burmeses military men for alleged war crimes against the Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP/ Juan Mabromata) 

BUENOS AIRES: Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday (Jun 7) in Buenos Aires, as part of an Argentinian judicial investigation into alleged crimes by the Myanmar military, an activist told AFP.

The hearing, behind closed doors, was "a historic day for everyone in Burma," as Myanmar is also known, said Maung Tun Khin, president of the British-based Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.

Rohingya Testify On Myanmar Crackdown In Argentina Court

BARRON's
By AFP - Agence France Presse
June 7, 2023 

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, as part of an Argentinian judicial investigation into alleged crimes by the Myanmar military, an activist told AFP.

The hearing, behind closed doors, was "a historic day for everyone in Burma," as Myanmar is also known, said Maung Tun Khin, president of the British-based Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.

"Finally in-person hearings are taking place and strong evidence" is being produced in a court of law, he said.

Argentina court to investigate Myanmar war crimes against Rohingya Muslims

The Guardian 

Agence France-Presse
Mon 29 Nov 2021 

The case, which the UN says could amount to genocide, was brought under the legal premise of universal justice.

Protesters show support for the Rohingya outside the Peace Palace in the Netherlands on 10 December 2019. Myanmar is facing legal challenges from all over the world, including Argentina. Photograph: Sem van der Wal/EPA

Argentina’s justice system will investigate allegations of war crimes committed by the Myanmar military against that country’s Rohingya minority under a court ruling upholding the principles of “universal justice”.

The appeals court decision, which Agence France-Presse has seen, overturns a lower court ruling rejecting a request for an investigation by the British-based Burmese Rohingya Organisation (BROUK).