Myanmar's Rohingya say 'world will judge' Suu Kyi's denial of genocide

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Leaders in refugee camps says justice will be delivered based on the evidence they have provided of Myanmar atrocities

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"Rohingya refugees have hit back at Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims at the international court of justice in testimony on Wednesday after she denied that Myanmar’s armed forces were guilty of genocide against the Muslim minority. Suu Kyi told the court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to neighbouring Bangladesh was the unfortunate result of a battle with insurgents. She denied the army had killed civilians, raped women and torched houses in 2017. Critics describe the actions by the army as a deliberate campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee. “The world will judge their claim of no genocide with evidence,” said a Rohingya leader, Mohammed Mohibullah, who is chairman of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights..."

Source/publisher: 

"Associated Press (AP)" (New York) via "The Guardian" (UK)

Date of Publication: 

2019-12-12

Date of entry: 

2019-12-12

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, Gambia, Bangladesh

Language: 

English

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text

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    • Good