Thailand shuts down journalists' forum on Rohingya Muslims

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 10 September 2018

Police in Thailand shut down a journalists' forum discussing Myanmar military accountability for Rohingya abuses. The event featured key international panelists.

Summary

BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have shut down a forum organized by foreign journalists to discuss whether senior military officers in Myanmar should face justice for alleged human rights abuses committed by their forces against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

About a dozen policemen showed up ahead of the scheduled panel discussion on Monday evening at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand and ordered the panelists not to speak. The scheduled speakers included a prominent U.K.-based Rohingya activist, a former Thai diplomat and a representative of the International Commission of Jurists, a rights advocacy group.

Last month a specially appointed UN human rights team recommended that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya. - Agencies

KEY POINTS:

• Forum intended to address Myanmar military accountability.
• Police ordered participants not to speak during the event.
• Panel included a Rohingya activist and a former Thai diplomat.
• UN team recently recommended prosecution of Myanmar military leaders.
• Event took place at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.