Myanmar's junta wants Rohingya genocide case thrown out of International Court of Justice. Bad for justice and for accountability.

My interview with @Monocle24's @EmmaNelsonMedia for The Globalist today (starts 17.20): https://t.co/r9LXpnpDRQ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

— Dr Ronan Lee (@Ronan_Lee) February 22, 2022

‘Silent’ protests on first anniversary of military coup which deposed civilian government. Myanmar’s transition to democracy ended when the military seized power a year ago. Military commander Min Aung Hlaing imposed a state of emergency and declared himself prime minister. The United Nations is describing the military government as a criminal enterprise, and demands more sanctions. Myanmar’s public institutions and the economy have collapsed and international diplomatic pressure to restore civilian rule has stalled. So how long can the army resist giving power back to the people?
Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam
Guests: Debbie Stothard – founder and coordinator of ALTSEAN-Burma, a network of organisations working on human rights and democracy in Myanmar
Ronan Lee – fellow at Loughborough University London and author of Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide (2021)
Yasmin Ullah – Rohingya human rights activist

Broadcast: 1 February 2022

An arms embargo is urgently needed. My i'view with @trtworld:
"It's time the international community stopped the Myanmar military buying guns, bullets and rockets"

What's changed in Myanmar one year since the coup? https://t.co/Yqs1RyXpji via @YouTube #whatshappeninginMyanmar

— Dr Ronan Lee (@Ronan_Lee) February 2, 2022

A year after a military coup, Myanmar remains mired in conflict. The country’s military, the Tatmadaw, has failed to convince most of Myanmar’s 55 million people of the legitimacy of its rule. Anti-coup resistance continues to be widespread nationwide.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT THE CONVERSATION HERE: https://theconversation.com/myanmar-while-the-world-sits-on-its-hands-people-fight-military-junta-with-violence-and-silence-175950