Iran Press/ Europe: The de facto leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, listened quietly in the audience of the United Nation's high court on Tuesday, as lawyers recounted the mass killing, rape and torture of Myanmar's Muslim minority Rohingya.
But on Wednesday, Suu Kyi had her turn at the microphone, where she vigorously defended her country's government against accusations of genocide.
After the court, Rohingya Muslims called on the international community not to believe the statements of Myanmar's ruling party leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the International Court of Justice.
This week, the International Court of Justice is considering whether to grant a provisional measure aimed at protecting Rohingya still living in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The tiny Muslim-majority nation of Gambia brought the case against Myanmar, which is accused of violating the 1948 convention against genocide. The ICJ has in the past confirmed that all member states have the duty to prevent genocide.
The UN estimates that 10,000 Rohingya have been killed in the crackdown.
More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2017 military crackdown, which U.N. investigators found in August to have been carried out with genocidal intent.
Suu Kyi has come under heavy international criticism for her refusal to even condemn the widely-reported bloody violence targeting the Muslims Rohingya.
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