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Arakan Army Threatens War With Myanmar Junta

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Rakhine State armed group says it will not tolerate regime interference in its new administration.

Junta Watch: ‘What Defections?’ Says Regime No. 2; ASEAN Envoy Throws His Hands Up, and More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, the junta said the NLD’s poll victories were social media propaganda, and responded to a US finding of genocide in Rakhine by blaming a few rogue troops.

US Says Myanmar Committed Genocide Against Rohingya

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Burma

By AFP

US Secretary of State Blinken is due to announce the decision to designate the 2017 crackdown a genocide in remarks at the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Monday.

ICJ’s Acceptance of Junta Complicates Myanmar People’s View of Int’l Justice: Expert

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Interview

By The Irrawaddy

Human rights lawyer U Aung Htoo talks to The Irrawaddy about the ICJ genocide case and its impact on views of justice and national reconciliation in Myanmar.

Cambodian, Malaysian PMs Call on Myanmar Junta to Implement ASEAN Consensus

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Current ASEAN chair Hun Sen’s meeting with Malaysian PM Ismail in Phnom Penh follows Kuala Lumpur’s criticism of the Cambodian leader’s visit to Naypyitaw last month.

Myanmar Rohingya Genocide Case Is Legitimate, Gambia Tells UN’s Top Court

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Burma

By AFP

At a hearing in The Hague, Gambia denied the Myanmar junta’s claim that the African nation is acting as a proxy for the Organization for Islamic Cooperation in the case.

Myanmar Junta Asks UN's Top Court to Drop Rohingya Genocide Case at Hearing in The Hague

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Burma

By AFP

The junta said the ICJ lacks jurisdiction because the ‘real applicant’ in the case against Myanmar is the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which is not a state.

Myanmar Junta Team to Make 1st Appearance Before ICJ in Rohingya Genocide Case

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Burma

By AFP

The military regime representatives have taken over the defense of Myanmar from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whom it has detained; it will ask the court to dismiss the case.

Letting Junta Defend Myanmar in Rohingya Genocide Case Sets Troubling Precedent

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Guest Column

By Parvej Siddique Bhuiyan

Allowing illegitimate regimes to represent their nations at the ICJ would undermine the UN Charter and call the court’s role in promoting the rule of law into question.

The Rohingya Situation on Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Is Getting More Dangerous

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Guest Column

By Tony Waters

The UN’s existing approach to refugees oversimplifies the political, social and even military nature of their situation.  

Rise of Rakhine Rebels Poses Challenge for Myanmar Junta

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

The Arakan Army has used the ceasefire with regime forces in Rakhine State in western Myanmar to establish its own separate administration.

Myanmar Regime to Present Objections in Rohingya Genocide Case to ICJ Next Month

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The next hearings in the case brought by Gambia have been scheduled for the third week of February.

Video Showing Rohingya Militants Causes Alarm in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Maungdaw residents are afraid to leave their villages and fear a return to sectarian strife after a video emerged showing ARSA fighters holding a drill in the area.

Myanmar Junta Police Arrest Muslim Teen After Civil Servant’s Murder

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Rakhine State’s regime-appointed spokesman claims the teenager was found with the victim’s phone and a bloody cloth.

Myanmar Civil Servant Murdered in Rakhine State

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Residents fear the Maungdaw killing could spark communal conflict between Muslims and Buddhists after a string of suspicious incidents.