Police are investigating the cause of a riot at a detention centre in northern Malaysia after more than 500 refugees escaped.
The evidence shows "a clear intent behind these mass atrocities - the intent to destroy Rohingya, in whole or in part," Blinken said.
The toppled leader, who faced criticism from rights groups for her involvement in the alleged Rohingya genocide, is now under trial by the same generals she defended in The Hague.
Social media giant faces compensation claims worth nearly $200 billion in a coordinated suit in US and UK, The Guardian reports.
Fears are swirling that Saturday could become a flashpoint as military junta warns that its forces will shoot protesters in the head.
Statement issued in the name of executive members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party says authorities began raiding their offices in Mandalay and other regions and seized documents and laptop computers.
At the first meeting of his new cabinet, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said a board would examine voting data. The army ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government over alleged electoral irregularities that state authorities said did not happen.
Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner of Myanmar's then-ruling military junta in the 1990s who now rules as state counsellor, was awarded the European parliament's Sakharov Prize in 1990.
Two Myanmar soldiers taken to The Hague after confessing on video to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during 2017 mass killings, rights group says.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has long been a favoured destination for Rohingya Muslims seeking a better life after escaping a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar and, more recently, refugee camps in Bangladesh.
The UN has expressed concern over "reports of intensified fighting" in northwest Rakhine state's Rathedaung township.
Rohingya Muslims have been discarded by the international community and are at high risk for contracting Covid-19 in crowded living spaces.
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