日: 2019-12-11

Aung San Suu KyiHuman rightsInternational court of justiceLawMyanmarRohingyaSouth and Central AsiaWar crimesWorld news

Aung San Suu Kyi tells court: Myanmar genocide claims ‘factually misleading’

De facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgentsThe Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the a…

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UK to still fund Myanmar camps despite fears of ‘apartheid-like’ conditions

Humanitarian agencies say Rohingya people displaced by violence in Rakhine state are forced to live in squalid conditionsThe UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may en…

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White Island eruption: ‘too unsafe’ to retrieve bodies as volcanic activity rises

Authorities vow to return to recover eight bodies but ‘significant increase’ in volcanic activity leads to delaysFirst Australian victims named – latest updatesNew Zealand police have vowed to return to White Island as soon as possible to retrieve the …

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