Rohingya campaigner urges Asean, Muslim world, to oppose Myanmar junta

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted by a military coup last year an
and faces charges herself, was also named as a defendant. The plaintiffs ar
are seeking compensatory and punitive damages for crimes against humanity.

The complaint is the first of its kind to be filed in Indonesia, which has 
a universal jurisdiction law that allows it to try cases involving genocide
genocide or torture regardless of where they occurred.

Yasmin Ullah told reporters on Wednesday that she was hopeful that Indone
Indonesia's attorney general would take up the case but added that if they 
didn't, the Rohingya community had no choice but to fight for justice.

We're hopeful that we will see a case in court. If not, then unfortunately
unfortunately, this is not just about accountability and seeking reparation
reparations, she said. This has to go all the way through. We have no cho
choice. It's what we have to do.

Ullah, who was born in Bangladesh but whose parents are Rohingya refugees f
from Myanmar, also called on ASEAN member states and the Muslim world to op
oppose Myanmar's military junta.

ASEAN is an organization of countries that represents half a billion Musli
Muslims in Asia, she said. And the fact that they continue to sit around 
this table with murderers is quite abhorrent.

She described the situation in Myanmar as dire, saying the junta has blocke
blocked humanitarian aid to displaced Rohingya Muslims.

The world does not know the extent of what's happening, she said. Women 
and children are being raped on a daily basis. People are being shot dead a
and killed for no reason.

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