Why is Gambia, a tiny Muslim majority nation in West Africa roughly 7,000 miles away from Myanmar, taking Suu Kyi to the top UN court for genocide against Rohingya Muslims?
Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou and Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend a hearing in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands December 10, 2019.
Today, she is defending herself and her government against charges relating to genocide and ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims at the hands of the Myanmar army. In May last year, Gambia’s foreign minister pulled out of the annual conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Bangladesh at the last minute, sending Tambadou instead.
“I saw genocide written all over these stories,” the Gambian minister said, “Another genocide is unfolding right before our eyes yet we do nothing to stop it.” Tambadou, in his opening statement at the tribunal, made his country’s intentions very clear: “All that the Gambia asks is that you tell Myanmar to stop these senseless killings. To stop these acts of barbarity and brutality that have shocked and continue to shock our collective conscience.”
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