The United Nations’ top court has ordered Myanmar to take emergency measures to protect Rohingya Muslims from violence, also saying that Myanmar must preserve evidence of genocide against the Rohingya.
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“It is important for Myanmar that the court reaches a factually correct decision on the merits of the case,” read a statement from the foreign affairs ministry, which accused some human rights groups of presenting “a distorted picture of the situation in Rakhine.” Myanmar’s civilian leader, former pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, defended Myanmar’s army before the court last month but was not present for Thursday’s decision. Inin Britain’s Financial Times, she called on the international community to “give Myanmar time” to investigate crimes within its own justice system.
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