'As expected': People in Myanmar shrug off ICJ Rohingya ruling

Aljazeera

by Andrew Nachemson
30 Jan 2020

Compared with demonstrations that followed sanctions and accompanied December's ICJ hearing, the response to the first of its rulings has been largely indifferent. [File: Ann Wang/Reuters]

Yangon, Myanmar - While thousands rallied in Yangon in December to support Myanmar's government as it contested allegations of genocide at the International Court of Justice, the public response to the first of the court's rulings has been decidedly more muted.

International Rohingya Ruling Spotlights Suu Kyi’s Fall From Grace

THE I DIPLOMAT
By Grant Peck
January 28, 2020

The decision again highlighted the once-revered democracy icon’s troubles since she took power in Myanmar. 

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

 

When Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi walked into the International Court of Justice last month, she gambled the remaining shreds of her hard-won international reputation on a rebuttal of accusations that her country’s military committed genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims.