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Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice

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In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included...
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Aung San Suu Kyi at the ICJ: when the personal is political

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Myanmar’s leader personally faces allegations while avoiding the task of changing the country’s trajectory
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Freed Myanmar journos a symbol of Suu Kyi’s tarnished image

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Suu Kyi was once the darling of the foreign media, but her silence over the persecuted Rohingya minority has drawn widespread condemnation
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Myanmar grants jailed Reuters journalists amnesty

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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon's notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention
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Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of Reuters journalists

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Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act
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Myanmar’s opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop

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In 2018, the area of opium poppy cultivation in the country dropped by 10% to 37 300 hectares from the previous year
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Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

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Ruling decried as 'another injustice' against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were investigating 2017 killings of Rohingya
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Myanmar Reuters journalists appeal seven-year sentence

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Their conviction in September sparked widespread global condemnation
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Messages of support for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail

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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state secrets law
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The Myanmar generals accused of ‘genocide’

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​A UN probe is calling for six members of Myanmar's military to be investigated for 'genocide' against the Rohingya
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Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters

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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were each imprisoned for seven years last week for breaching the country's hardline Official Secrets Act
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Myanmar rejects ICC ruling to probe Rohingya deportations

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Following the International Criminal Court's unprecedented ruling, Myanmar says it has no obligation to respect it
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Myanmar rejects UN probe findings of Rohingya ‘genocide’

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On Monday, a UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity 'perpetrated on a massive scale' towards the Rohingya.
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Myanmar court postpones verdict for Reuters journalists

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Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar's infamous Insein prison since December in the case which has ignited a global outcry
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Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya

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Different teams of investigators in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh have been quietly documenting the events of 2017
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