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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities, and preserve evidence of alleged crimes against them. CBC | World News
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Canadian lawyer William Schabas defends role advocating for Myanmar government
Canadian lawyer William Schabas, an international scholar on genocide, has been criticized by friend and foe for first researching crimes against the Muslim Rohingya of Myanmar and now defending the state accused of perpetrating them. CBC | World News
Read More »Myanmar rejects international court probe into alleged atrocities against Rohingyas
Myanmar’s government has rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged crimes against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. CBC | World News
Read More »Myanmar formally accused of genocide in court case filed at The Hague
Myanmar has repeatedly been blamed in the systematic displacement, killing and widespread sexual assault of Rohingya Muslims, but only today has it been formally accused in an international court of acts of genocide. CBC | World News
Read More »Pope urges respect for human rights in Myanmar without mentioning Rohingya
Pope Francis has urged the leaders of majority-Buddhist Myanmar, mired in a crisis over the fate of Muslim Rohingya people, to commit themselves to justice, human rights and respect for “each ethnic group and its identity.” CBC | World News
Read More »Pope arrives in Myanmar amid questions about how he’ll handle ‘Rohingya’
Pope Francis arrived Monday on a visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh to encourage their tiny Catholic communities and reach out to some of Asia’s most peripheral and poor, but the big question looming is whether he’ll utter the word “Rohingya” while he’s here. CBC | World News
Read More »Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal for potential return of displaced Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement covering the return of Rohingya Muslims who fled across their mutual border to escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. CBC | World News
Read More »Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar military of widespread rape
Human Rights Watch accused Myanmar security forces on Thursday of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the past three months against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s Rakhine state. CBC | World News
Read More »Some 600,000 refugees later, Ottawa digs in on dealing with Myanmar on Rohingya crisis
Ottawa’s approach to Myanmar might include expressions of concern, frank phone calls with civilian and military leaders, but not drastic ruptures, ruling out actions such as revoking Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship — at least for now. CBC | World News
Read More »Did the UN ignore warnings of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar?
According to internal documents and sources consulted by CBC News, there are signs several UN figures and other international actors — including a key Canadian official — have been reticent to pressure Myanmar on the rights of Rohingya. CBC | World News
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