“STILL NOT SAFE”
“Issuing an arrest warrant is good news for us,” said Maung Sayodullah, leader of a civil rights organisation in Cox’s Bazar. “He is the key perpetrator of the 2017 genocide against the Rohingya people.”
But Sayodullah said the violence continued in his original home of Rakhine state, riven by war between Arakan Army (AA) forces and the junta troops.
The region is spiralling towards famine, according to the United Nations.
“We are still not safe in our homeland, Rakhine,” he said, calling for action to stop fighting.
ICC judges must now decide whether to grant the arrest warrants.
If granted, the 124 members of the ICC would theoretically be obliged to arrest the junta chief if he travelled to their country.
Alam, the civil society activist has more immediate concerns than the slow grinding cogs of international justice.
“We want to go back home,” he said. “The international community should work to return us to our home country, Myanmar … for our repatriation, security, and dignity.”
