Articles : Forbes: Argentine Court Issues Arrest Warrants In The Rohingya Genocide Case

Forbes: Argentine Court Issues Arrest Warrants In The Rohingya Genocide Case

On February 13, 2025, a federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ordered arrest warrants against 25 Myanmar military leaders and officials for their involvement in the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya community. The atrocities refer to the litany of crimes perpetrated by the military against the Rohingya, an ethno-religious numeric minority community in the country, between 2016 and 2017, including “Extrajudicial executions or other killings, including by random shooting; enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention; rape, including gang rape, and other forms of sexual violence; physical assault including beatings; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; looting and occupation of property; destruction of property; and ethnic and religious discrimination and persecution.” The crimes are said to have resulted in the death of at least 10,000 people and the forcible displacement of over 700,000 Rohingya, half of them children. Experts have classified the atrocities as genocide and crimes against humanity. In March 2022, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken formally recognized the atrocities against the Rohingyas as genocide and crimes against humanity during his visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a tour of the exhibit “Burma’s Path to Genocide.” As Secretary Blinken confirmed, this decision was reached based on a factual assessment and legal analysis prepared by the State Department.

Full article on Forbes and Genocide Watch.