I hope 'the injunction ordering Myanmar to halt all actions that could make the Rohingya’s situation worse, including further extrajudicial killings, rape, hate speech or the leveling of homes where Rohingya once lived' if not enforceable, will at least be globally shameful enough to have an impact.
If we don't speak up against such brutality, there may be no one to speak for us when/if we need it.
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If the UN ever spoke up on behalf of religious minorities victimized by Muslims this wouldn't be happening
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A just decision, but a toothless one. It amounts to politely asking Myanmar to stop its own crimes, which it obviously will not do. Without some method of enforcement- even if that requires threat or use of force- these rulings are useless.
We forgot the lesson of Rwanda already. Outcry and condemnation alone doesn’t stop atrocities.
If the international community had been this timid concerning the Balkans in the late 90s, the Bosnians and Kosovar possibly would not exist as peoples today.
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This is though a belated , but much needed U. N. Court's injunction orders . If enforced fully would be a huge relief for Rohingya Muslims . Nevertheless , The World and the International Human and Civil rights organizations have yet to intervene on behalf of almost 8 million people of Kashmir , under curfew in major cities . Also on atrocities by over 900,000 Security forces personnel, since August 5 2019 in Kashmir . The CAA ( Citizenship Amendment Act ) is the huge divisive Issue for Muslims of India .This has created huge protests , civil riots and violence in India . This would create and add to more economic and regional pressure in S.E. Asia and the MIddle East countries . What do you think ?
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Try ordering the US government not to do something and see how that goes. It's Asian countries you think you can order around. I hope Myanmar makes its own policies and ignores such orders
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All the people commenting against Aung San have no idea what was really happening on the ground.
The Rohingya Muslims had taken up arms against the local population. They were very brutal. See the article written by Amnesty below:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/myanmar-new-evidence-reveals-rohingya-armed-group-massacred-scores-in-rakhine-state/
It is very difficult to blame anyone in these circumstances as the narrative is controlled by left-leaning media.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Used to be seen as a hero and champion of human rights and democracy. Sadly, no more. Her legacy will never recover from this.
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This is an encouraging decision on the part of the Court. It is good that they have stood up for the Rohingya and not buckled to the extensive pressure from China and others to look the other way, and makes excuses for Myanmar.
It is very sad to see how far the once revered Aung San Suu Kyi has fallen in her apologia for the military and its atrocities. At the same time, we have to remain clear that despite the gloss of civilian government, the military remain very powerful within Myanmar and are by no means under the control of ASSK or the civilian government.
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Here is yet another example of how power, not gender, is the basis of corruption and betrayal. Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar and a woman, is obfuscating and denying ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims. While the demonizing of "straight white Western males" is convenient and common these days, it is clearly ridiculous, because while positions of power have been disproportionately filled by such a demographic, it's true, it is not the demographic variables that are the problem, it's power that is the problem. When women, or People of Color, or members of the LGBTQ community (see the 2017 Chicago Queer march), or any other member of any other imaginable group, gain power, they are equally prone to abuse it. Keep this in mind when people try to promote themselves as candidates or leaders based on what THEY are, rather than what their VALUES are.
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“While the court has no enforcement power” ... quoted from this article’s third paragraph ... sadly, all talk and no action.
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@Elizabeth Cook
People these days can’t accept that action takes effort and has a cost. It requires some sort of intervention, be that economic or even military. Criticism is easy and costs nothing. The taboo against foreign intervention sadly seems to be stronger than the taboo against genocide.
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I once admired and was so inspired by Aung San Suu Kyi. How far she has fallen. To learn much more about the depth of her story, check out the excellent 2019 article by Ben Rhodes in The Atlantic, "What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
A human-rights icon’s fall from grace in Myanmar"
Facebook is complicit in this, as well -- Myanmar is one of the many nations where Facebook was used to fuel hatred of and lies about an ethnic group. This makes it much more easy for the general public to believe their dear leaders and condone genocide.
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Thank you for reporting the decision of the international court ruling against the military’s brutal treatment of the Rohingya. The Myanmar military has a long history of brutal genocide against several minority groups, with the violence against the Rohingya being by far the worst in terms of scale and intensity. While it is good to publish these court decisions to apply international pressure against the military, and create a record that the military actions are war crimes that warrant future prosecution, no one should pretend that the fragile democratically elected part of the Myanmar civil government has control over the military. The military wrote the constitution in a manner that retained full control of the military within the military. The leaders of the military do not appear to be reasonable people who will quickly respond favorably to the internal or external requests for human decency. Therefore, everyone, including the NY Times, should continue to do what we can to stop the genocide and provide reparation for the Rohingya.
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How about that? The UN is finally taking care of it's function, protect the vulnerable from our own human brutish prejudices against 'the other'. This has occurred over and over, in our brief stay on Earth. Are we ever going to learn to embrace our differences, recognize the richness of our diversity and acknowledge there is Strength in Unity? And if not solidarity, at least tolerance, in human society?
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"Prevent genocide.." Really? Is it nor like a Judge telling a murderer, prevent murder next time please. What about the punishment for the crimes which have already been committed?
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@Imran the court is the ICJ not the ICC. They adjudicate disputes between countries, not try criminals.
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@ondelette Thanks for the clarification.
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The Children of Abraham are being persecuted throughout the world, and no one seems to care.From China to Myanmar, Muslims are second class citizens, and like their Jewish Cousins,
They suffer persecution, but unlike the Jewish people, they number in the billions.You would think they have enough clout to
stop this persecution.The problem is the cousins are at each others throats.The Shiites & Sunnis are bitter enemies as are the Muslims & Jews, in particular Israel.
As long as ,we continue to be at odds with our cousins, we will continue to be persecuted.
United, we can be a force for good in the world, divided we leave ourselves open to persecution.
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Won't that be a weird irony if a Nobel Peace Prize winner is dragged before the ICJ on charges of genocide.
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@Technic Ally It would not only be a weird irony, it would be something the court cannot and would not do. This is a court that adjudicates disputes between nations, not a court that drags anyone, no matter whom, in front of itself and charges them. Never in its history, not in its mandate, nor ever in its function has the International Court of Justice tried an individual, and it would not, because that isn't what it does. At all.
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