Justice More Important Than Ever as Rohingya Mark Bleak Anniversary

THE I DIPLOMAT
By Tun Khin
August 25, 2023

“It is high time that the world takes action to end the genocide against the Rohingya, starting with supporting the international justice efforts.” 

It was six years ago today, on August 25, 2017, that the Myanmar military poured into Rakhine State and unleashed unimaginable violence on my people, the Rohingya. Over the course of a few weeks, soldiers and their proxies killed thousands of women, men, and children, burned whole villages to the ground, and drove close to 800,000 people to flee into Bangladesh.

It is a source of shame for the world that six years later, not only do the Rohingya remain a people on the brink of extinction, but the architects of the genocide against us remain in power in Myanmar. Despite this, Rohingya and the people of Myanmar have largely been forgotten on the world stage, with other crises dominating global headlines. It is now high time that the world takes action to end the genocide against the Rohingya, starting with supporting the international justice efforts.

၆ နှစ်မြောက် ရိုဟင်ဂျာလူမျိုးတုံးသတ်ဖြတ်မှုအောက်မေ့ ဖွယ်နေ့အခမ်းအနား

Ro Nay San Lwin ( Facebook LIVE)
25th August 2023 

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Rapes and massacres detailed in Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar authorities

RFA
By Carlos G. Hamann, special for RFA
2023.06.13

Argentine case, under ‘universal jurisdiction,’ aims to hold leaders accountable

Roshida Begum, 22, shows where the Myanmar military slit her throat, Dec. 1, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. “The military took me and 5 other women into a house and raped us. After they were done, they slit our necks with machetes. They thought I was dead and they left and set the house on fire. I was the only one who escaped." She fled from Tula Toli village in Myanmar to Bangladesh shortly after the Aug. 25, 2017, attack.  Credit: Allison Joyce/Getty Image

 

Women gang raped, children stabbed and killed, men shot and burned to death.

The criminal complaint of genocide by Myanmar’s armed forces against the Muslim Rohingya minority includes detailed accounts of stomach-churning atrocities.

Rohingya testify in Argentina court on Myanmar crackdown

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
Published on 8 Jun 2023

Rohingya walking through a padi field in the rain to reach the relative safety of a camp in Bangladesh on September 9, 2017. Members of the minority Muslim community testified in person for the first time yesterday in Buenos Aires, as part of an Argentinian judicial investigation into alleged crimes by the Myanmar military. – EPA pic, June 8, 2023.

MEMBERS of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time yesterday 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.

Argentine court hears allegations of genocide against Myanmar leaders

RFA
By Carlos G Hamann, special for RFA
2023.06.07

Universal jurisdiction case to review accounts of rape and slaughter of Rohingya.

Rohingya Muslims, who spent days fleeing from Myanmar into Bangladesh walk after they were allowed to proceed towards a refugee camp at Palong Khali, Bangladesh, Oct. 19, 2017.

Credit: Dar Yasin/AP

Updated at 10:30 p.m. EDT on June 7, 2023.

An Argentine court is hearing testimony about allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity committed by senior Myanmar officials against Rohingya Muslims in a landmark case.

The hearing is being held in Argentina under the principle of “universal jurisdiction” enshrined in the country’s constitution, which holds that some crimes are so heinous that alleged perpetrators thousands of miles away can be tried.

Rohingya Testify On Myanmar Crackdown In Argentina Court

BARRON'S

By AFP - Agence France Presse

June 7, 2023

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, as part of an Argentine 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.

"Finally in-person hearings are taking place and strong evidence" is being produced in a court of law, he said.

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.

Rohingya Testify On Myanmar Crackdown In Argentina Court

BARRON's
By AFP - Agence France Presse
June 7, 2023 

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority testified in person for the first time on Wednesday 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.

"Finally in-person hearings are taking place and strong evidence" is being produced in a court of law, he said.

Argentine court hears allegations of genocide against Myanmar leaders

Benar News
Carlos G. Hamann, special to BenarNews
2023.06.07
Washington

Maung Tun Khin (left), president of the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK, stands with Argentine human rights lawyer Tomas Ojea Quintana outside a federal court in Buenos Aires, Dec. 16, 2021.
Juan Mabromata/AFP

Updated at 10:28 p.m. ET on 2023-06-07

An Argentine court is hearing testimony about allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity committed by senior Myanmar officials against Rohingya Muslims in a landmark case.

Maung Tun Khin interview with Aljazeera on so-called pilot project repatriation.

Aljazeera
Jun 1, 2023

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မိုခါမုန်တိုင်းအရေး ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ခေါင်းဆောင်တစ်ဦးနဲ့ ဆက် သွယ် မေးမြန်းချက်

VOA
ဆုမွန်
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မုန်တိုင်းမိုခါ ဒဏ်နဲ့ ရိုဟင်ဂျာတွေ ထိခိုက်သေဆုံးမှု များပြားခဲ့ရတာဟာစစ်ကောင်စီဘက်က ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ရှိရှိ တ မင် လုပ်ဆောင်သလိုဖြစ်ခဲ့တယ်လို့ ဗြိတိန်နိုင်ငံအခြေစိုက် မြန်မာရိုဟင်ဂျာများအဖွဲ့က သတင်းထုတ် ပြန် ပါတယ်။ဗြိတိန်နိုင်ငံအခြေစိုက် မြန်မာရိုဟင်ဂျာအသင်း ဥက္ကဋ္ဌဦးထွန်းခင်ကို မဆုမွန်ဆက်သွယ်မေးမြန်းထား ပါတယ်။

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Rohingya are drowning at sea. Asia’s leaders are to blameAljazeera

Aljazeera
OPINION,Tun Khin
BROUK
Published On 26 Jan 2023

Leaders from Southeast and South Asia are acting both illegally and immorally by not helping Rohingya “boat people”.

FILE — Rohingya refugees fleeing a genocide in Myanmar and overcrowded conditions in Bangladesh camps, often spend months at sea, exploited by traffickers because governments in South and Southeast Asia won't let their boats land. This photo from June 25, 2020, shows Rohingya refugees in Lhokseumawe in North Aceh Regency [Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP]

 

In early January, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province. They had spent weeks at sea in desperate conditions, fleeing cramped and overcrowded camps in Bangladesh in search of a better life. More than half were women and children.

Sadly, they are far from alone. Since November last year, at least three more boats have landed in Aceh after similarly perilous journeys, carrying hundreds of refugees, with at least 20 people dying at sea. According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), thousands of Rohingya, including women and children, resorted to perilous boat journeys in 2022.

Rohingya drown, govts fail to act

Bangkok Post

PUBLISHED : 16 JAN 2023

On Jan 8, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province. They had spent weeks at sea in desperate conditions, fleeing cramped and overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh in search of a better life. More than half were women and children.

Sadly, they are far from alone. Just since November last year, at least another three boats have landed in Aceh after similarly perilous journeys, carrying hundreds of refugees, with at least 20 people dying at sea. According to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, thousands of Rohingya women, men and children took to boats just in 2022.

Justice, accountability must for Rohingya, speakers say in The Hague

Dhaka Tribune 

Tribune Desk
December 9, 2022

Courtesy

International community and States Parties of Rome Statute need to stand resolutely with Bangladesh in securing sustainable return of the Rohingya people to their homeland, Myanmar, speakers told a discussion in the city.

They underlined it at an event during the 21st (annual) Assembly of the States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on Friday, said a press release.

The event titled “Justice for the Rohingyas and No Peace without Justice” was co-hosted by the Bangladesh Embassy to the Netherlands, the Government of Gambia.

Association Head Says Rohingya Still Face Genocide

VOA

Ingyin Naing

WASHINGTON
December 06, 2022

Ethnic Rohingya refugees sit at a temporary shelter in North Aceh, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022.

The head of a Rohingya organization urgently called for the U.N. Security Council to prevent what it described as genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Tun Khin, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (BROUK), told VOA that the Rohingya in Rakhine state, Myanmar's far west region, continue to face a genocidal program that puts their very survival at risk.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya people were displaced between August and late September and the evidence points to a repeat of the conditions that culminated in the atrocities of 2016-17, when hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were driven from the country.

Rohingya NGO claims Myanmar military defying UN court on Rohingya genocide

mizzima

03 December 2022

Rohingya refugees walk along a makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Ukhiya Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh, 24 August 2022. Photo: EPA

The Rohingya continue to face a genocide that puts their very survival at risk, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said in a new report released 2 November.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures to prevent ongoing genocide against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. However, a new report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK exposes how the Burmese military and other organisations are ignoring the provisional measures and that genocide is ongoing. It is the responsibility of the United Nations Security Council to uphold the ruling of the UN court, but it is failing to do so.

Rohingya Unite to Launch Myanmar Rights Alliance

The Irrawaddy 

By Muktadir Rashid
22 November 2022 

Rohingya refugees attend mark the first anniversary of the 2017 military crackdown at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. / AFP

 

DHAKA — Several Rohingya organizations and activists have united to form a group to demand human rights in Myanmar.

The Arakan Rohingya National Alliance (ARNA) called for Rohingya unity and said the Muslim community was not secessionist.

It said the Rohingya wanted to be part of a future federal democratic Myanmar to uphold peaceful coexistence through unity in diversity.

The groups said it would work with the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and United League of Arakan in Rakhine State to achieve full and effective equality and the right to self-determination, like other ethnic groups in Myanmar.

An online press conference on Sunday aimed to unite the global Rohingya diaspora and announce the alliance’s intent to achieve self-determination for the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Tun Khin, BROUK President, Interviewed by BBC World

Tun Khin, President of Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, had an interview with BBC World today on the 5th Anniversary commemoration of Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.

 

 

International Court of Justice Rejects Myanmar Claims, Will Hear Rohingya Genocide Case

THE I DIPLOMAT 

By Mike Corder  

July 23, 2022

  

The ICJ rejected the Myanmar government’s argument that Gambia had no standing to file the case.

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.

The decision establishing the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against the Rohingya that human rights groups and a U.N. probe say breach the 1948 Genocide Convention. In March, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the violent repression of the Rohingya population in Myanmar, which formerly was known as Burma, amounts to genocide.

ICJ တရားရုံးကြားနာပွဲ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့သည့် ကိုထွန်းခင် (BROUK)နှင့် အင်တာဗျူး

 

 

Burma Human Rights Network
ဇူလိုင် ၂၂- ၂၀၂၂
၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ် ဇူလိုင် ၂၂ ရက်နေ့ ကျင်းပခဲ့သည့် International Court of Justice – ICJ တရားရုံး ကြားနာပွဲကို တက်ရောက်ခဲ့သူ ကိုထွန်းခင် (BROUK) အား ICJ ၏ အခန်းကဏ္ဍနှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီး BHRN က အင်တာဗျူးမေး မြန်းထားပါသည်။

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