The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against humanity.
Khan said this in Bangladesh this Wednesday, saying Myanmar’s leader, Min Aung-Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung Suu-Kyi in a coup in 2021, is accused of deporting and persecuting the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
Since 2021, nearly a million people have been forced into Bangladesh from Myanmar to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes, killings and burning of homes.
Khan says he intends to request more warrants for Myanmar’s leaders soon, saying it is important to show that the Rohingya people have not been forgotten, and they are entitled to the protection of the law, like all people around the world.