Rohingyas refugees await justice: Bangladesh

Dhaka: Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps were awaiting to get justice as a top UN court is slated to begin a three-day hearing on Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing Myanmar of the genocide of the Muslim minority community.

The Gambia, a tiny West African Muslim-majority country, filed the case in November at the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing the Myanmar government of carrying out mass murders, rape and suspected ethnic cleansing operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state, reports Efe news.

Myanmar’s State Councillor and de-facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi left for The Hague on Sunday, leading a team to defend her country in the face of the accusations.

“We heard that there is a case going on against our country and Aung San Suu Kyi in a foreign country. We heard that there will be a discussion about us. We hope that we will get justice...,” Abu Tayeb, a leader of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, told Efe news.

Mohammad Jubair, another leader of the group, hoped that the trial would help end the torture against the Rohingya who are still in Myanmar and facilitate the return of those living in the Bangladesh refugee camps.

“We are aware of the trial (at the ICJ). But our people are suffering in Myanmar as they have been severely tortured by the military. I hope that the verdict will come for us,” Jubair said.

“If we get justice from the court, then we will go back to our country.” (IANS)

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