Thread by @MayWongCNA

Morning after #AungSanSuuKyi defends #Myanmar & rejects accusations of #genocide against #Rohingyas in the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ, local media front pages plastered pic of her moment with headlines quoting her on "no genocide", don't aggravate the #Rakhine situation

Last of 3-day @CIJ_ICJ in the #Hague on case of @Gambia_MOJ vs #Myanmar for #genocide against #Rohingyas accusations.2 nations to speak 1.5 hrs each #WeStandWithAungSanSuuKyi #WeStandWithYouAungSanSuKyi #WeStandWithDawAungSanSuuKyi trending with growing support for #AungSanSuuKyi

Many also coming up with very creative pictures/artwork supporting #Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi as she defends the nation's case in the #Hague & maintains country has no #genocide or #genocidal intent #WeStandWithAungSanSuuKyi #WeStandWithYouAungSanSuKyi #WeStandWithDawAungSanSuuKyi

@Gambia_MOJ lawyer dissects #Myanmar’s arguments on final day of the #Hague hearing saying Myanmar continues to make "hollow promises" & maintains "racist myth" that #Rohingyas as a group doesn't exist citing how #AungSanSuuKyi didn't even utter the word. She sat expressionless

@Gambia_MOJ highlights how #Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi didn't explain/deny various points cited like organized nature of #Military's destruction, enormity of sexual violence against women during #Rakhine clearance operation shows country either "admits or fails to deny" #genocide

@Gambia_MOJ also showed judges some of the horrific pictures of #Rohingyas allegedly murdered in #Rakhine by #Myanmar #Military & this was also showed on the big screens in #Yangon as the #Hague hearing is beamed live as citizens looked on

@Gambia_MOJ lawyer says "hopes of the #Gambia & the #Rohingyas rests entirely in you". The "eyes of the world" from individuals to #UN bodies and countries will be on @CIJ_ICJ the #Hague regarding #genocide case against #Myanmar where Gambia's calling for provisional measures

Must not be easy to hear words like #rape of women, #killings & see graphic photos of murder allegedly committed by #Military in #Rakhine on big screens in #Yangon as @Gambia_MOJ lawyers reiterate some key points making its case accusing #Myanmar for #genocide against #Rohingyas

While #AungSanSuuKyi is rejecting #genocide accusations in the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ, #Rohingyas who fled since 2017, living in No Man's Land between Bangladesh & #Myanmar still stuck as they're not considered refugees as they're not in Bangladesh camps with more than 700,000 others

As #AungSanSuuKyi & #Myanmar make closing statements in the #Hague where @Gambia_MOJ has accused the nation of #genocide against the #Rohingyas, this is happening in No Man's Land, a strip of land between #Bangladesh & Myanmar where at least 5,000 Rohingyas live (vid sent to me)

Final day at the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ as #Myanmar makes closing statements. Myanmar gets last word as @Gambia_MOJ had spoken 1st earlier in the day. Both nations have 1.5 hrs each to rebut each other's remarks. The 17 judges (including 2 ad hoc by the 2 nations) will deliberate after

#Myanmar lawyer making closing arguments at the #Hague says there's "widespread support" that #repatriation should take place for #Rohingyas. Called on @CIJ_ICJ to be "wary" in ordering the provisional measures asked by #Gambia @Gambia_MOJ

#Myanmar lawyer William Schabas at the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ says picture of #Myanmar #military deployed to #rakhine in 2017 cited by @Gambia_MOJ and displayed before thw judges shows "selective approach to facts" regarding Rakhine as rotation in security deployment is not unusual

#Myanmar lawyer Schabas at the #Hague points out to @CIJ_ICJ judges that many of the accusations levelled at Myanmar regarding #Genocide such as discriminatory citizenship practices & lack of prosecution for perpetrators not unique to Myanmar and happens in many other countries

#Myanmar lawyer Schabas at the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ questioned why @Gambia_MOJ had to show pictures of killings of #Rohingyas calling it "sensationalist" & "gratuitous"

#Myanmar lawyer Schabas addresses criticisms of how he could have previously said Myanmar may have committed #genocide yet defends nation now. But he said he never said that. Questioned why his comments/thoughts on genocide mattered as facts are what matters before @CIJ_ICJ

#Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi speaks as she wraps up the statements for the country rejecting @Gambia_MOJ accusations of #genocide. Again rehashing/updating @CIJ_ICJ about ongoing projects in #Rakhine like social harmony initiatives like a football match

#Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi spoke for just a little over 5 minutes before concluding by asking @CIJ_ICJ to remove the case of #genocide filed by @Gambia_MOJ & "pray the decision you make with wisdom & vision of justice that help us to create unity out of diversity"

#Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi told the #Hague @CIJ_ICJ judges that "steps that generate suspicion, sow doubts or create resentment between communities who have just begun to build a fragile foundation of trust could undermine reconciliation"

The #Hague @CIJ_ICJ hearing on @Gambia_MOJ case against #Myanmar for alleged #genocide against the #Rohingyas has concluded after 3 days. Judges will deliberate & will determine date to publicly announce its decision later. Myanmar has unequivocally rejected #genocide accusations

In closing statements at the #Hague, #Gambia @Gambia_MOJ showed @CIJ_ICJ judges pics of alleged killings of #Rohingyas by #military & troops deployment to #Rakhine to drive home point #genocide took place. #Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi showed pic of football match to illustrate harmony