13-12-2019 13:54 via news.yahoo.com

Explainer: Genocide case against Myanmar at the top U.N. court

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was due to leave the Netherlands on Friday after defending her country against accusations of genocide during three days of hearings at the International Court of Justice.The west African country of Gambia filed a case in November, alleging Myanmar was committing "an ongoing genocide" against its minority Muslim Rohingya population.As a first step, Gambia asked the court to order emergency measures to protect the Rohingya and keep the conflict from getting worse.
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