International court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya minority

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The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to prevent genocide against its Rohingya minority

In its unanimous 17-0 decision, the top United Nations court rejected Myanmar’s argument that the deaths of 10,000 Rohingya, and flight of 700,000 others to neighbouring Bangladesh, was part of an “internal military conflict.”

The court decided that the situation is still urgent enough to order emergency interim measures. It also demanded that all evidence related to the allegations of a 2016-2017 genocide be preserved, though it will likely be years before the ICJ reaches a final ruling on whether the violence that occurred amounted to a genocide.

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