Aung San Suu Kyi in court as genocide hearing opens in The Hague
(The Guardian World News)

World´s failure to act over Myanmar is `stain on collective conscience´, court toldThe international community´s failure to act over allegations of genocide perpetrated by Myanmar´s military against the Rohingya people is a `stain on the collective conscience` of the world, the international court of justice in the Hague has been told.Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Gambia´s attorney general and justice minister, said as he opened his country´s case against Myanmar: `I stand before you to awaken the conscience of the world and arouse the voice of the international community. In the words of Edmund Burke, `The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing´.` Continue reading...