The United Kingdom will support the legal process for genocide to the Rohingya, as the refugees have fled five years after their escape from Myanmar

The British government promised on Thursday to support an international legal proceedings that are about whether Myanmar has committed a genocide of the Rohingya in order to boost the struggle of the minority for justice on the fifth anniversary of a brutal approach by the military, which it drove out of its houses.

On August 25th it was five years ago that Myanmar's military junta started a terrible wave of evacuation actions in the state of Rakhine, the estimated 745,000 Rohingya forced group rapes, torture, slaughtering and arson to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.

In March, the Biden government of Myanmar's military declared the genocide of the Rohingya and thus confirmed earlier demands of an UN investigation mission that will be examined by high-ranking military for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide and prosecuted.

So far, no high -ranking civil servants have been held accountable.

Rohingya survivors have again made demands for reparation this week, and many have given their hopes for a top-class case led by Gambia, which was initiated in 2019 in front of the International Court of Justice (IGH) in the Hague to determine whether the military has been violated by the violation of the violation.

Activists have long asked the British government to join Canada and the Netherlands to support the case. His decision to do this this week is followed by a judgment of the IGH from July, with which Myanmar's objections were rejected and allowed to continue the country.

"The United Kingdom will always face those who try to undermine and destroy our values of freedom and democracy," said Amanda Milling, Minister of Asia. "Five years later we are still solidarity with the people of the Rohingya and condemn the terrible campaign of the ethnic cleansing of the armed forces of Myanmar."

Development will be a welcome news for survivors such as Hamida, 53, who has lost everything when the military raged by Rakhine and burned down villages on its way.

teen beaten so bad that it lost the hearing

Hamida is one of several Rohingya women who work for justice, and one of only three survivors who could travel from the terrible refugee camps near the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to take part in hearings in front of the International Court of Justice.

Another young mother of two children named Hasina, who endured sexual violence through the military and lost her husband during the eviction actions.

Hamida, who was violently separated by her own husband after being captured and tortured by soldiers in 2017, told the telegraph , as her 17-year-old daughter was beaten so badly by the military that her hearing was permanently damaged. "My daughter was beaten so badly that she lost her hearing."

You and her two children went on foot seven days to reach Bangladesh after her village attacked and troops stole their valuables.

Life in the crowded camps in which an estimated one million Rohingya now live is hard, she said. It was dark and dangerous at night, the food was scarce and her daughter had no training.

Around 50 percent of the camp residents are children, and a survey recently carried out by Save the Children showed that almost 80 percent of the fact that sometimes, mostly or constantly feels depressed.

But Hamida said that participation in the IGH case not only raised her mood, but also had a positive impact on her community.

"It was the first time that Rohingya visited the International Court of Justice, and people will help people understand that they are the witnesses and those who have experienced the genocide," she said.

"It was important to my community to convey to them that they can also stand up for justice and talk about their experiences. People started to believe in justice."

Hamida and many other survivors were supported by Legal Action Worldwide, which contributes to granting the weakest in legal support in the weakest in conflicts and fragile regions.

Antonia Mulvey, the British lawyer who founded Law and examined the sexual violence against Rohingya women and children for a UN examination mission in 2017, described the decision to join the IGH case as "an important moment".

But she reserved her highest praise for the women, many of whom suffered brutal sexual violence or lost their husbands and children, who now took the front to force responsibility for the perpetrators.

"Who is leading the struggle for justice? Women. And women were the advocates of justice," she said.

The IGH case-one of several international legal rights that are pursued against the Junta-is expected to get a complete hearing by 2024. "We have already taken significant steps forward," said Ms. Mulvey.

for Hamida it confirmed that you and your family can return home one day.

"I want to go back to my country and I think that even if I am not, my children or grandchildren will return to Myanmar one day and lead a peaceful life there," she said.

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