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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

RARE PHOTOS: Genocide case against myanmar over rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed | Rare Historical Photos

Rohingya refugees walk at Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar for Jamtoli camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh in January 2018. Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

The United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority, paving the way for evidence of atrocities to be heard.

The international court of justice rejected all preliminary objections raised by Myanmar, which is now ruled by a military junta, at a hearing on Friday.

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