CNN
By Helen Regan and Su Myat Mon,
Fri July 7, 2023
(CNN)The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor told CNN Friday that efforts to bring justice for the Rohingya must be accelerated and the world cannot look away from the ongoing crisis.
Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for four days this week to hear testimony from survivors of alleged genocide by Myanmar’s military against its Rohingya population.
“There is heartbreak in these camps,” Khan said in an exclusive interview with CNN. “They feel the world is looking elsewhere, is looking at Ukraine (and) other epicenters. And they have a right to justice.”
More than 700,000 people have been living in squalid and overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh since fleeing attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state that began in August 2017.
Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for four days this week to hear testimony from survivors of alleged genocide by Myanmar’s military against its Rohingya population.
“There is heartbreak in these camps,” Khan said in an exclusive interview with CNN. “They feel the world is looking elsewhere, is looking at Ukraine (and) other epicenters. And they have a right to justice.”
More than 700,000 people have been living in squalid and overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh since fleeing attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state that began in August 2017.