Myanmar Says Genocide Claims 'Unfounded,' World Yawns
Al Jazeera reports Myanmar's military junta confidently told the International Court of Justice that allegations of genocide against the Rohingya are 'flawed and unfounded.' This isn't the first time an accused regime has simply said 'Nuh-uh.' Recall when Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, indicted for genocide in Darfur, declared the charges politically motivated. Or Syria's Assad, whose government denies
using chemical weapons despite overwhelming evidence. It seems the international legal system often becomes a stage for theatrical denials, not actual justice, especially when powerful geopolitical players prefer silence. (One might wonder why the global clamor for 'justice' always seems to be on a selective basis.) The audacity to call verifiable massacres 'unfounded' highlights a chilling trend:
nations with strategic value or powerful allies face few repercussions for dismissing evidence. The Rohingya, like the Palestinians or Darfuris before them, are left waiting for a global conscience that moves beyond performative outrage. How many commissions, reports, and court cases end with the same predictable script—denial, followed by diplomatic hand-wringing, followed by nothing?