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Greedy coup
The criminal gang running Myanmar is now cutting internet access in order to maintain its illegitimate grip on power
February 06, 2021
The criminal gang running Myanmar is now cutting internet access across the country in order to maintain its illegitimate grip on power. We would expect no less from a military headed by generals that the UN Human Rights Commissioner wants to put on trial for war crimes. Some of those alleged war criminals responsible for the butchering of the Rohingya people are now formally running the country after acting from behind the scenes for years. The coup leaders claim they acted because there was fraud in the November general elections, where the military-backed party was thrashed. These allegations were rejected by the local election commission and international observers, and the military has provided no evidence to back up its claim.
Rohingya Genocide Case
Diplomatic Correspondent
5th February, 2021 10:23:31
Yet in another evil attempt to delay the trial proceedings, Myanmar has challenged the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over genocide charges for its atrocities against Rohingyas in Rakhine state.
The case was brought by The Gambia in 2019 after a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in 2017 forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to flee across the border to Bangladesh.
The objection was submitted to the ICJ at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands) on January 20 last, less than two weeks before the Myanmar military staged a coup and detained the country’s civilian leaders.