Bangladesh International investigators talk to Rohingya

UCAnews
Stephan Uttom and Rock Rozario, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh
March 12, 2019

 
Refugees want them to launch prosecutions over alleged Myanmar atrocities that drove them into Bangladesh

Mukima Begum, a Rohingya mother of three who fled to Bangladesh in 2017 following a military crackdown in Rakhine State of Myanmar, seen at Kutupalong refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar. A team of investigators from the International Criminal Court has met with Bangladeshi officials and refugees amid atrocity allegations. (Photo by Piyas Biswas/ucanews.com)

A team of investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has met with Bangladeshi officials and Rohingya refugees amid allegations of war crimes perpetrated against the Muslim minority including killings and rapes.

Rohingya crisis: UN investigates its 'dysfunctional' conduct in Myanmar

The Guardian

Wed 27 Feb 2019 01.59 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Feb 2019 04.48 GMT

Exclusive: Inquiry follows claims it ignored warning signs before alleged Rohingya genocide

Refugees from Rakhine in Myanmar use a water pump at a refugee camp near Kutupalong, Bangladesh. Photograph: KM Asad/AFP/Getty Images 

The UN has launched an inquiry into its conduct in Myanmar over the past decade, where it has been accused of ignoring warning signs of escalating violence prior to an alleged genocide of the Rohingya minority.