Once a champion for human rights, she is now expected to argue at The Hague that the world has been deceived by report after report of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
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Aung San Suu Kyi to Lead Myanmar Team to Fight Genocide Accusation
The country’s military has been accused of carrying out mass rapes and killings against the Rohingya.
Myanmar Genocide Lawsuit Is Filed at United Nations Court
Gambia, on behalf of Rohingya Muslims, opens an international dispute with Myanmar in an effort to have the country’s leadership tried for genocide.
U Tun Lwin, Who Warned of Deadly Myanmar Cyclone, Dies at 71
“The people’s weatherman” said his forecasts had been played down by the government. At least 140,000 people perished in one of the most calamitous storms in recorded history.
A Daring Helicopter Rescue After Rebels Capture a Ferry in Myanmar
The scale of the abduction suggests that the rebel group, the Arakan Army, is using increasingly brazen tactics to demand an independent state.
Rebels Dressed as Soccer Players Abduct Bus Passengers in Myanmar
Gunmen stopped the vehicle on a highway outside the town of Mrauk U and seized 31 people, most of them firefighters, the authorities said.
Clay Pots Everywhere Quenched Myanmar’s Thirst, Until They Vanished
Cool water used to be set out for thirsty strangers on street corners across Yangon. Modernity, mistrust and plastic intervened.
Nobel Peace Laureate Could Face Prosecution Over Myanmar Military’s Actions
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, once was a democracy icon. Now she’s an international pariah because of the Myanmar military’s brutality.
After Meeting With Trump, a Myanmar Clergyman Could Be Prosecuted
In the Oval Office, a prominent Baptist minister accused the Myanmar military of oppression and torture. A colonel later filed a complaint against him.
Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
Fear of what awaits them has kept the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar, where they were targets of ethnic cleansing. But life in Bangladesh refugee camps is intolerable. There’s no good place to go.