Activists in the United States have filed a lawsuit against Myanmar’s president Thein Sein, accusing him of committing genocide against the Rohingya population.
The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court last week accuses the president and other senior Myanmar officials of planning and instigating "hate crimes and discrimination amounting to genocide".
It stated that the Muslim Rohingya population are "subjected to genocide, torture, arbitrary detention, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" by the Myanmar government.
Filed by Burma Task Force, a group of 19 Muslim organisations in the US, and a Rohingya man Hitay Lwin Oo, it accuses Mr Thein Sein of violating the US Alien Tort Statute (ATS).
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The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court last week accuses the president and other senior Myanmar officials of planning and instigating "hate crimes and discrimination amounting to genocide".
It stated that the Muslim Rohingya population are "subjected to genocide, torture, arbitrary detention, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" by the Myanmar government.
Filed by Burma Task Force, a group of 19 Muslim organisations in the US, and a Rohingya man Hitay Lwin Oo, it accuses Mr Thein Sein of violating the US Alien Tort Statute (ATS).
See more form Reuters here.