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Title: Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at world court
Post by: TomSea on November 20, 2019, 11:56:05 pm

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WORLD NEWS
NOVEMBER 20, 2019 / 8:45 AM / UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO
Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at world court
Shoon Naing, Thu Thu Aung
YANGON (Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, her government said on Wednesday.

More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military, which U.N. investigators say was carried out with “genocidal intent”. Buddhist majority Myanmar denies accusations of genocide.

Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African state, lodged its lawsuit after winning the support of the 57-nation Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Only a state can file a case against another state at the ICJ.

Read more at:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/suu-kyi-to-contest-rohingya-genocide-case-at-world-court-idUSKBN1XU1WR (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/suu-kyi-to-contest-rohingya-genocide-case-at-world-court-idUSKBN1XU1WR)