12 December
On December 9, six British Members of Parliament, including Adam Shockat, Khan Ayoub, Jeremy Corbyn, Mohamed Iqbal, Jim Shannon of the Democratic Unionist Party, and Brendan O'Hara of the Scottish National Party, signed and submitted a motion requesting that the ICC (International Criminal Court) issue an arrest warrant for the military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity. Notably, the United Kingdom is a member state of the ICC.
The motion welcomes the ICCโs request for an arrest warrant based on credible evidence implicating Min Aung Hlaing in war crimes, genocide, and breaches of international law, particularly against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The allegations focus on the Myanmar militaryโs 2017 actions, including the destruction of Rohingya settlements, mass rape, torture, and extrajudicial killings that forced over 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh.
If an arrest warrant is issued, all ICC member states, including the United Kingdom, would be obligated to detain Min Aung Hlaing upon his entry into their territory. The MPs called on the UK government to comply with such a warrant and take further actions, such as abandoning its non-interference policy, to hold Myanmarโs military regime accountable.
The ICC Prosecutorโs Office filed an application in late November, seeking a warrant against Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity, including persecution, deportation, and murder of the Rohingya people.โฉ
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