Myanmar says Rohingya genocide case at world courtroom is 'flawed and unfounded'

[ad_1] A global courtroom case in opposition to Myanmar for genocide in opposition to the largely Muslim Rohingya minority is "flawed and unfounded", Yangon's overseas ministry stated Wednesday.

In a press release revealed in a state newspaper it known as on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which started hearings in The Hague on Monday, to "attain its judgement primarily based on truth and settled regulation strictly inside the framework of the Genocide Conference".

ICJ judges are listening to three weeks of testimony as they weigh accusations by The Gambia that Myanmar dedicated genocide in opposition to the Rohingya in a 2017 crackdown.

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© France 24 Lots of of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fled violence by the Myanmar military and Buddhist militias, escaping to neighbouring Bangladesh and bringing harrowing accounts of mass rape, arson and homicide.

On the primary day of the hearings Gambia's justice minister Dawda Jallow advised the courtroom the Rohingya "have been focused for destruction".

Legal professionals for Myanmar will start their courtroom response on Friday.

The allegations made by The Gambia are flawed and unfounded in reality and regulation," stated the Yangon overseas ministry assertion.

"Biased stories, primarily based on unreliable proof, can not make up for fact."

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The nation -- dominated by a army junta since a coup in 2021 -- was co-operating with the ICJ "in good religion" in an indication of its respect for worldwide regulation, it added.

The assertion didn't use the phrase Rohingya, referring as a substitute to "individuals from Rakhine state".

At the moment, 1.17 million Rohingya stay crammed into dilapidated camps unfold over 8,000 acres in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.

Myanmar has all the time maintained the crackdown by its armed forces was justified to root out Rohingya insurgents after a sequence of assaults left a dozen safety personnel useless.

A remaining choice might take months and even years, and whereas the ICJ has no technique of imposing its selections, a ruling in favour of The Gambia would heap extra political strain on Myanmar.