The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, alleging crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims.
The Hague, Netherlands—The International Criminal Court ’s chief prosecutor on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar ’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing over alleged crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.
About one million Rohingya now live in sprawling camps near the Bangladesh border city of Cox’s Bazaar. Many of those who left accuse the Myanmar military of mass killings and rapes.Khan said the alleged crimes were committed by Myanmar’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw, supported by the national and border police “as well as non-Rohingya citizens.”
Earlier this month, Min Aung Hlaing told China’s Premier Li Qiang that the military was ready for peace if armed groups would engage, according to an account of the meeting in the Global New Light of Myanmar .A military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh, many with harrowing stories of murder, rape and arson.
ICC judges must now decide whether to grant the arrest warrants. If granted, the 124 members of the ICC would theoretically be obliged to arrest the junta chief if he travelled to their country. China, a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s ruling junta, is not an ICC member.
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