Gambia accuses Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in a lawsuit that calls for measures to stop 'genocidal conduct immediately'
By Feliz Solomon Updated Nov. 11, 2019 11:35 am ET Gambia filed a lawsuit Monday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, a legal challenge that seeks to build on extensive investigations by U.N. officials, human-rights organizations and some governments that allege the country committed atrocities against the minority group.
Gambia, a small Western African country, filed the case at the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, on behalf of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a body that says it seeks to protect the interests of Muslims.
The Rohingya are a minority ethnic group from Myanmar’s westernmost state of Rakhine. The group has been persecuted for decades in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they have been deprived of citizenship. In August 2017, the Myanmar military launched what it called clearance operations in response to attacks on security outposts by Rohingya insurgents.
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