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.
Tag: Rohingya (Ethnic Group)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pakistan, Rohingya, Hong Kong: Your Friday Briefing
Myanmar’s broken promises.
Myanmar Military’s Vast Business Revenue Enables Abuses, U.N. Says
The commercial empire helps the armed forces finance fighting with ethnic groups and shields rights abuses from civilian oversight, a panel said.
Top Myanmar Generals Are Barred From Entering U.S. Over Rohingya Killings
Myanmar’s commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, was among those named by the State Department as responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
‘Our Duty’ to Fight: The Rise of Militant Buddhism
A call to arms for Sri Lankan monks. Ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar. A Buddhist faith known for pacifism is taking its place in a new age of nationalism.