International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has appealed for an arrest warrant against Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Min Aung is accused of violence, persecution and crimes against humanity against the minority Rohingya Muslims. Due to this, several lakh Rohingyas were forced to flee to Bangladesh. Karim Khan presented the violence against the Rohingyas as ethnic genocide, which includes mass murder, rape and destruction of settlements. He soon announced an appeal for an arrest warrant against other Myanmar leaders as well. Min Aung Hlaing seized power in Myanmar by overthrowing Aung San Suu in 2021.
Who are Rohingya Muslims?
– Rohingya Muslims are minorities mainly settled in the Arakan province of Myanmar.
– They were settled here centuries ago by the Mughal rulers of Arakan. In the year 1785, the Buddhist people of Burma occupied the southern part of the country, Arakan.
– They tried to kill thousands of Rohingya Muslims and drive them out.
– After this, a period of violence and massacre started between the people of Buddhist religion and Rohingya Muslims, which is still continuing. The Myanmar government does not consider them its citizens.
Around 10 lakh Rohingya Muslims live in Myanmar, but the Myanmar government does not consider these people as its citizens. In the year 2012, a minister of Myanmar had also announced this.
– In this way, these people do not have any country. They have been facing severe repression since the beginning.
– For some time now, there have been fierce riots in the country, in which the Rohingya Muslims had to bear the most loss of life and property.
– Due to this, they are living in refugee camps located on the border of Bangladesh and Thailand, where their condition is very bad. ———————————————————– Read this news related to international issues as well… Chinese planes entered Taiwan’s airspace: Intrusion for the third consecutive day; China also deployed ships to monitor American planes. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that China is increasing military activities around its border. On Wednesday morning, around 17 planes and 7 ships of China reached near Taiwan’s border. Out of these, 10 planes have also intruded into Taiwan’s airspace. Read the full news here…
