Myanmar Found Guilty of Genocide

Download as docx, pdf, or txt
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 2

Myanmar found guilty of genocide

International peoples court delivers verdict:


Star Report
Myanmar is guilty of genocide against the
Rohingya people, according to the verdict of
International Permanent Peoples Tribunal.
A seven-member panel announced the
verdict yesterday after considering
documentary and expert evidence as well as
the testimony of some victims of the
atrocities committed against the Rohingya,
Kachin and other minority groups in
Myanmar reports The Star Online of
Malaysia.

Head judge Daniel Feierstein, who founded


the Centre for Genocide Studies in Argentina,
read out the findings following five days of
hearing held at the moot court of the law
faculty of University of Malaya.

On the strength of the evidence presented,


the tribunal reached the consensus ruling
that Myanmar has the intent to commit
genocide against the Kachin and other
groups, the tribunal said.
The State of Myanmar is guilty of the crime
of genocide against the Rohingya group..the
casualties of that genocide could be even
higher in the future if nothing is done to stop
it, it added.

You might also like