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Human rights experts urge prosecution in Myanmar 'genocide'

A panel of U.N. human rights investigators identified six Myanmar military leaders that it said should be prosecuted at The Hague for genocide against Rohingya Muslims.

Rohingya Muslims in a Bangladesh refugee camp.
Rohingya Muslims in a Bangladesh refugee camp. (AN/Sabina Yasmin)

GENEVA (AN) — A panel of U.N. human rights investigators has identified six Myanmar military leaders that it said should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims.

The United Nations investigators looking into the mass killings of Rohingya people in Myanmar's Rakhine State urged authorities to involve the prosecutor's office of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, based at The Hague, Netherlands, or create a new "ad hoc international criminal tribunal."

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