Myanmar ordered to protect its Rohingya population

An exhausted Rohingya helps an elderly family member in 2017 as they arrive at refugee camp after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

An exhausted Rohingya helps an elderly family member in 2017 as they arrive at refugee camp after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Source: AAP

The International Court of Justice ((ICJ)) has ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities and preserve evidence of alleged crimes against them.


The Gambia asked for the measures pending a full case that could take years.

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after a military-led crackdown in 2017, and were forced into squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh.


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