Month: December 2019

By NPR | December 13, 2019 NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Yasmin Ullah, President of the Rohingya Human Rights Group, about the reaction among the Rohingya community to the ICJ proceedings at the Hague. Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:  A Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke in court this week and defended a military accused of genocide. Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her country’s soldiers were at times brutal, but she denied that they had tried to wipe out the Rohingya, a Muslim minority. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) AUNG SAN SUU KYI: Surely, under the circumstances, genocidal intent

By Sorwar Alam | Published by Anadolu Agency on November 30, 2019 2 Myanmar Buddhist and leading Rohingya campaigners in Europe claim they face threats from Myanmar ANKARA  — Two leading figures of the Rohingya campaign in Europe are fearing for their lives after calls for their abduction were circulated in a racist video message.   London-based Maung Zarni and Germany-based Nay San Lwin said they were targeted by Aye Ne Win, a businessman who allegedly financed the genocide against the ethnic group in Myanmar. In a video circulated on social media, Win urged Myanmar’s intelligence service to launch an Israel-style