Argentina: Rohingya testify in investigation into alleged crimes of the Burmese army

Tellet Report

09/06/2023

Highlights: Argentina: Rohingya testify in investigation into alleged crimes of the Burmese army. Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday (June 7th) in Buenos Aires. Hearing, behind closed doors, is "a historic day for everyone in Burma" An estimated 750,000 members of the Rohingya community fled to Bangladesh in 2017 as a separate prosecution by the Burma military before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice.

Rohingya testify on Myanmar crackdown in Argentina court

CNA
08 Jun 2023 

The president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), Maung Tun Khin, (L) and Argentine human rights lawyer Tomas Ojea Quintana are seen outside a federal court in Buenos Aires on Dec 16, 2021. Maung Tun Khin declared in a case against Burmeses military men for alleged war crimes against the Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP/ Juan Mabromata) 

BUENOS AIRES: Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday (Jun 7) in Buenos Aires, as part of an Argentinian judicial investigation into alleged crimes by the Myanmar military, an activist told AFP.

The hearing, behind closed doors, was "a historic day for everyone in Burma," as Myanmar is also known, said Maung Tun Khin, president of the British-based Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.