The Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA) has urged international stakeholders to charge the Myanmar government at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing crimes of violence against the Rohingya minority.
CENTRA chief executive officer Azril Mohd Amin said the discrimination and oppression against the ethnic group persisted until today without any sanctions.
"We should not allow this. International laws needs to be deployed," he said in a press conference, here today.
According to Azril, under Article 5 of the Rome Statute, four types of international crimes are included under the jurisdiction of ICC, namely, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of intrusion.
He said, CENTHRA believed the actions of the Myanmar regime towards the Rohingya fell into the category of genocide and crimes against humanity. (Courtesy of malaysiandigest.com)
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