Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will personally defend her government from allegations of genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya — an unusual twist of fate for a Nobel Peace Prize winner
Suu Kyi will lead a legal team to the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, her office said in a statement Wednesday. The small West African nation of Gambia has filed a lawsuit in the world court alleging that Myanmar committed"genocidal acts" that"were intended to destroy the Rohingya as a group" through mass murder, rape, and destruction of communities.
Read MoreGambia moved forward with the filing after it received the backing of the the 57-nation Organisation for Islamic Cooperation, Reuters reported. The ICJ can only hear cases between states.Democracy iconSuu Kyi was awarded the Nobel peace prize while under house arrest in 1991, when she was an opposition figure in Myanmar.
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