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During the hearings,Gambia argued that the extreme brutality, pervasive sexual violence, targeting of children, and widespread burning and destruction of villages by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya population are among the indicators of genocidal intent: to destroy the Rohingya, in whole or in part, on the basis of their identity as a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
judges also heard direct testimony in closed session from rohingya from the villages of Min Gyi (Tula Toli), Chut Pyin and The Lion (also known as Para Hsaung) in myanmar’s western Rakhine State. They recounted children being shot, stabbed, and thrown in fires, as well as gang rape and families forced into burning buildings – atrocities that the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and others had previously reported.
Myanmar was represented at the hearings by Ko Ko Hlaing and Thida Oo, whom the United States, Canada and European Union have sanctioned for their roles as ministers in the military junta. They argued that the 2016-2017 military operations were targeted counterterrorism operations and that no genocidal intent can be established.
Rohingya watching in the courtroom and from afar have long sought accountability for military atrocities, notably as Rohingya remaining in Myanmar still face grave risk. As the 20