Aung San Suu Kyi named in Argentine lawsuit over crimes against Rohingya

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By Afp
13 November 2019

Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named in a case filed in Argentina alleging genocide against Rohingya

Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis.

Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina under the principle of "universal jurisdiction," a legal concept enshrined in many countries' laws.

Genocide and crimes against humanity have occurred in Burma, says charity

CHURCH TIMES

by Madeleine Davies 

24 May 2019 

Christian Solidarity Worldwide: hopes of democracy have been ‘dashed’ 

THE hopes raised by the 2015 elections and elevation of Aung San Suu Kyi have been “dashed”, as genocide and crimes against humanity — rather than democratisation — have occurred in Burma, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) warned this week.

“Abuse of human rights continue, and peace seems further away than ever,” a new report by CSW, Burma’s identity crisis: How ethno-religious nationalism has led to religious intolerance, crimes against humanity and genocide, concludes.

Rohingya Activists Share Stories of Community's Plight.

Fars News Agency

Sun Feb 10, 2019

TEHRAN (FNA)- Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide; The words used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening to them at the hands of Myanmar's military forces.

"Some may think that by leaving a repressive, genocidal regime, Rohingya will be free," Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya activist, said, Anadolu news agency reported.