Nearly 100 Rohingya face prison time in Myanmar as Suu Kyi defends genocide charges

Nearly 100 Rohingya Muslims face jail as y appeared before a Myanmar court, on December 11, for leaving ir hometown without permission from concerned authorities. detainees, including 25 children, were arrested for attempting to flee Rakhine to a sourn beach. y h paid several hundred dollars to relocate but w y likely face two years jail term for violating immigration act.

Around 6,00,000 Rohingyas are confined in Myanmar camps and vills and many often try to escape to Thailand or Malaysia through dangerous routes. This is third group, in recent months, caught trying to escape Rakhine and put on trial. While 95 Rohingyas are looking at possible prison time, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is present in Hague defending gecide allegations against Myanmar’s military. 

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'Misleing factual picture'

On December 10, ICJ told bel laureate to ‘stop gecide’ after Gambia, on behalf of 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Corporation, asked court to halt 'ongoing gecidal actions'. Suu Kyi denied claims at UN top court blaming Gambia of putting “an incomplete, misleing factual picture” of situation in Rakhine state. 

Suu Kyi questioned accusations of “gecidal intent” citing that state actively investigates and punishes anyone involved in wrongdoing. "Can re be gecidal intent on part of state that actively investigates, prosecutes and punishes soldiers and officers, who are accused of wrongdoing?” asked Suu Kyi. She ensured appropriate action against civilian offenders as well, in line with due process.

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Myanmar’s security forces are accused of mass murder, rape, and expulsion of Rohingya Muslim mirity community from Rakhine state. Myanmar’s State Counsellor reiterated that crackdown, in 2017, was a result of “internal conflict” and country’s military retaliated to attack launched local armed groups. She has been able to successfully mobilise mass in her support by becoming first national leer to personally dress tribunal. 

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(With inputs from ncies)