REUTERS
August 11, 2020
(Reuters) - The head of a U.N. investigative body on Myanmar said Facebook has not released evidence of “serious international crimes”, despite vowing to work with investigators looking into abuses in the country, including against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
FILE PHOTO: People demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ), before the arrival of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Nicholas Koumjian, head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar (IIMM), told Reuters the social media giant was holding material “highly relevant and probative of serious international crimes” but had not shared any during year-long talks.
He declined to give details of the material the IIMM had asked for.
Facebook has said it is cooperating with the IIMM and a representative on Tuesday declined to immediately comment further.
