More than 100 UK MPs want intervention in The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case

The Daily Star 

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December 18, 2020

 

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More than 100 UK MPs have called on the British government to make an intervention supporting The Gambia's Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as human rights violations against the Rohingyas continue.

"Ending impunity is essential not only to ensure justice and uphold international law, but also to deter further international crimes by the military in Myanmar," according to a letter to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Dominic Raab MP, issued on December 17.

( 20.09.2018) Jeremy Hunt's statement to media on his September 2018 visit to Burma ( Press release )

Jeremy Hunt's statement to media on his September 2018 visit to Burma

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a statement as he completed a 2-day visit to Burma. 

Published 20 September 2018

From:

Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Burma on 19 and 20 September. The visit included talks with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and a tour of northern Rakhine, the area where thousands of Rohingya have fled.

Speaking to media, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:

Burma is a country that has made some important steps towards democracy in the last few years, holding their first democratic elections 3 years ago. Although they are not fully democratic they have been moving in the right direction.

On the Rohingya crisis, the Foreign Secretary said:

I went to Rakhine State myself to see what had happened. What is essential now is that the perpetrators of any atrocities are brought to justice, because without that there can be no solution to the huge refugee problem. We will use all the tools at our disposal to try and make sure there is accountability.

I’ll be going to New York next week for the United Nations General Assembly to discuss what we should do. Britain can’t act alone. We need to act in concert with other countries – we are a believer in the international rules based order. It’s incredibly important for all of us that those perpetrators face justice.

On the first day of his visit, Foreign Secretary Hunt met human rights defenders from the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners and toured the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon.

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