Rohingya group slams Myanmar panel's denial of genocide

January 22,2020
Anadolu Agency

Young Rohingya refugees look on as a general view of Balukhali refugee camp is pictured in Ukhia on November 16, 2018. (AFP Photo)

A Rohingya advocacy group on Tuesday hit out at a Myanmar government-backed commission report that denied there was any genocide of the persecuted community.

In a statement, Europe-based Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) slammed the findings of Myanmar's Independent Commission of Enquiry that there is "no" or "insufficient" evidence to establish the genocidal intent behind Myanmar's destruction of the Rohingya community.

Rohingya group slams Myanmar panel's denial of genocide

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Riyaz ul Khaliq
ANKARA
21.01.2020

A Rohingya advocacy group on Tuesday hit out at a Myanmar government-backed commission report that denied there was any genocide of the persecuted community.

In a statement, Europe-based Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) slammed the findings of Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry that there is “no” or “insufficient” evidence to establish the genocidal intent behind Myanmar’s destruction of the Rohingya community.

FRC alarmed by Myanmar’s genocide denial against Rohingyas

UNB

January 21, 2020

The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) has refuted the findings of Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry that there is “no” or “insufficient” evidence to establish the genocidal intent behind Myanmar’s destruction of the Rohingya community in Myanmar and the mass deportations of estimated 800,000 Rohingyas into Bangladesh in 2016 and 2017.

Nay San Lwin, the cofounder and coordinator of the Coalition on Tuesday said this is yet another Myanmar commission set up to deny and dismiss credible findings of the decades-long and ongoing genocide of our Rohingya people.

Press Conference: "Rohingya Crisis and Japan's Denial of Genocide""

FCCJ
The Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
Zaw Min Htut, Vice President, Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan
Michimi Muranushi, Citizen Ambassador, Free Rohingya Coalition

"Rohingya Crisis and Japan's Denial of Genocide"

Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.

The ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar that has seen more than 700,000 people from the ethnic minority of the Rakhaine region driven out of their homes and pushed beyond the country's border into Bangladesh, has been regarded by many, if not most, in the international community as a crime against humanity. There have been many cases of murder, rape and looting. The United Nations Human Rights Commission has repeatedly called on the government of Myanmar to bring the perpetrators to justice and a number of countries have imposed sanctions against its military leadership.

Myanmar: Defending genocide at the ICJ

Aljazeera
by Azeezah Kanji

22 Dec 2019

With facts on the ground established, the Myanmar government's defence against the genocide charge can hardly stand. 

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a hearing of the genocide case against the Rohingya minority at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on December 11, 2019 [Reuters/Yves Herman]

On December 9, the world marked the anniversary of the adoption of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention: a covenant signed in the wake of the Holocaust not only to punish genocide but to prevent it.

And yet, the tatters of the shredded promise of "never again" were on display the very next day at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which from December 10 to 12 held its first hearings in the case against Myanmar for the genocide of the Rohingya.

Burmese Buddhist scholar and activist offers Rohingya genocide survivors his heart-felt apology

Rohingya Today
The Hague, 12 Dec 2019

Free Rohingya Coalition

Burmese Buddhist scholar and activist Dr. Maung Zarni offers Rohingya genocide survivors his heart-felt apology on behalf of the "good Burmese", Forum for Rohingyas' Right to Reply (Myanmar's Official Denial of Genocide at the World Court, The Hague, 12 Dec 2019).

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCXHAoGDJm0

The battle of The Hague

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LINES OF THOUGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA
Andrew Haffner
December 12, 2019

As Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes the unprecedented step of defending her nation on charges of genocide in front of the International Court of Justice, Rohingya Muslims watch on with fear and trepidation using mobiles phones from refugee camps in Bangladesh 

WHY WE WROTE THIS: Because questions remain over how and when the perpetrators of mass violence in Myanmar will ever be held to justice

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attending the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the ICJ at the Peace Palace in The Hague. Photo: Frank Van Beek/UN Photo/ICJ/AFP

As the sun sets over Jamtoli refugee camp in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, several men are still out on a hilltop in search of phone signal. Some were squatting, others standing, but all were looking down at screens in their hands watching a court case unfolding 7,500km away. They might not be legal experts, but each already had an intimate knowledge of the case.

Rohingya campaigners launch Myanmar boycott

Aljazeera
09-12-2019

The Free Rohingya Coalition begins 'Boycott Myanmar Campaign' in the face of genocide hearings at the ICJ.

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following the brutal crackdown by the military in August 2017 [File: Dar Yasin/AP] 

Human rights campaigners supporting Myanmar's Rohingya mainly Muslim minority have called for a global boycott of the country, a day before genocide hearings begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.

The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) said in a statement on Monday it was starting the "Boycott Myanmar Campaign" with 30 organisations in 10 countries. It called on "corporations, foreign investors, professional and cultural organizations to sever their institutional ties with Myanmar".

Rohingya campaigners say won't be 'silenced' by online threats

Al Jazeera
Usaid Siddiqui
06 December 2019
Ro Nay San Lwin and Maung Zarni tell Al Jazeera they fear for their lives but will not be 'silenced' by online abuse.

 Lwin, left, and Zarni have been in exile outside Myanmar for the past 18 and 30 years respectively [DW News/Anadolu]

Two prominent Rohingya campaigners say they are facing increased online abuse, including death threats, for their work, with the latest warning coming from the grandson of former Myanmar ruler Ne Win who called for their abduction.

Ro Nay San Lwin, a prominent Rohingya activist based in Germany, and Maung Zarni, an academic living in exile in the United Kingdom, have told Al Jazeera that they fear for their lives but will not be "silenced" by the online harassment.

ျမန္မာကို သပိတ္ေမွာက္ဖို႔ ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာ လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရး ညြန႔္ေပါင္းအဖြဲ႕ လုပ္မယ္

MCN TV NEWS CHANNEL
20 November 2019

Why the UN failed to save the Rohingya

Al Jazeera
by Joshua Carroll

28 Jun 2019

Insiders say UN sought to downplay criticism of Myanmar and was hamstrung by China, Russia opposition to firm response.

A Rohingya refugee and her children wade ashore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat in September 2017 [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Yangon, Myanmar - When Liam Mahony travelled to Myanmar to advise the United Nations on its handling of the Rohingya crisis, the dozens of aid workers he spoke to were almost unanimous in their appraisal of the organisation's approach.

Their view, the researcher recalls, was "this was all screwed up... this was not going to help the Rohingya population".

Rohingya group backs ICC probe into Myanmar’s atrocity

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Zuhal Demirci | 

27.06.2019

ANKARA 

 

International court forms bench to look into request for probing Myanmar's deportation of Rohingya Muslims

A Rohingya group Thursday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into Myanmar’s crimes against humanity after an ICC prosecutor announced her intent to submit a request to probe deportation of Rohingya Muslims.

The ICC said that it assigned a three-judge panel to hear prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s request to open an investigation into the Rohingyas' deportation from Myanmar.

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.

( 13.09.2018 ) Starbucks backtracks on Myanmar investment deal By Coconuts Yangon

Starbucks has cancelled a major investment in Myanmar that would have brought its first outlet to the country, a spokesperson for the American coffee company announced today.

“Even though our company is avidly trying to break into the international market, we haven’t decided on establishing a business in Myanmar just yet,” the company’s Asia-Pacific public relations director Marianne Duong told 7Day.