International People’s Tribunal has begun its hearing in Malaysia on alleged atrocities and state crimes against the Rohingya, Kachins and other ethnic minority groups in Myanmar.
Rome-based Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT), an international public opinion tribunal that operates independently, became the convener of the opinion tribunal which has started its hearing from Monday.
The tribunal will listen to the victims of the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The tribunal also aims to stop other crimes in the country.
The process will be similar to a hearing, with the Myanmar ethnic groups testifying before a seven-member jury in Kuala Lumpur from September 18-22 at Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Law, reports IANS.
According to the report, the tribunal will make a conclusion based on oral testimonies on the atrocities and give findings to the United Nation's Fact Finding Mission that was tasked to send its official to Yangon on September 22.
The stateless minority group of Rakhine state, Rohingya, has experienced persecution in Myanmar for years.
Rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, accused the Myanmar military of burning Rohingya villages and raping women. Meanwhile, the Myanmar army denied the accusation and said it was responding to attacks by militants.
The Myanmar military response has sent more than 410,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh, escaping what they and rights monitors say is a campaign aimed at driving out the Muslim population, reports Reuters.
Buddhist-majority Myanmar rejects that, saying its forces are carrying out clearance operations against the insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), which claimed responsibility for the August attacks and smaller raids in October.
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