Attentive audience: The Gambian delegation attending the hearing on the Rohingya genocide case at the Peace Palace in The Hague. — AFP
THE HAGUE: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi returned to the International Court of Justice to defend Myanmar against accusations it has committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority population.
Gambia, which brought the suit at the United Nations’ top court under the 1948 Genocide Convention, has asked judges to order “provisional measures” that would act as a kind of restraining order for the Myanmar military until the case is heard in full.
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