Myanmar's Suu Kyi arrives at Hague court for genocide showdown

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NSTworld Nobel peace laureate Aung San SuuKyi arrived at the UN’s top court to personally defend Myanmar against accusations of genocide

Wearing traditional Burmese dress, Myanmar’s civilian leader arrived at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in a motorcade with police outriders without speaking to waiting media.

The case will also be watched in Bangladesh, where around 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee into sprawling camps by the bloody campaign in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state. Muslim-majority Gambia, acting on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, is due to speak on Tuesday. It alleges that Myanmar breached the 1948 Genocide Convention.“The genocidal acts committed during these operations were intended to destroy the Rohingya as a group, in whole or in part, by the use of mass murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence,” The Gambia said in its submission to the court.

Thousands of supporters have rallied for her at home and pro-Suu Kyi billboards have appeared around the country. Fans have even booked tours to The Hague.

 

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Suu Kyi Nobel price should be revoke. She did nothing for the Rohingya people. After her election as Myanmar remains as repressive as ever. Her government has been as enthusiastic about jailing journalists and government critics as the military government that preceded hers

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