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TEHRAN, Jul 5 - A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Thursday formally requested judges to authorize an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and “other inhumane acts” carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - According to the court documents, the prosecutor alleges that there is a “reasonable basis” to support that Myanmar’s armed forces, along with police and civilians, carried out “crimes against humanity” that facilitated the mass deportation of Rohingya across the nation’s western border into Bangladesh starting in 2016.
The request comes days after United Nations investigators warned that fresh human rights violations are being committed against civilians still in the area by Myanmar security forces.
“At least 700,000 Rohingya people were deported from Myanmar to Bangladesh through a range of coercive acts,” the office of the prosecutor wrote in a statement. “That great suffering or serious injury has been inflicted on the Rohingya through violating their right to return to their state of origin.”
Source: Bloomberg
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