• Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to collect sanitary products distributed by aid agencies near the Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, in 2017. International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Thursday she has filed a request with judges to open a formal investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed against Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. | AP
    Rohingya Muslim women, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to collect sanitary products distributed by aid agencies near the Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, in 2017. International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Thursday she has filed a request with judges to open a formal investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed against Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. | AP

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SINGAPORE – A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Thursday formally requested judges to authorize an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and “other inhumane acts” carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

According to the court documents, the prosecutor alleges that there is a “reasonable basis” to support that Myanmar’s armed forces, along with police and civilians, carried out “crimes against humanity” that facilitated the mass deportation of Rohingya across the nation’s western border into Bangladesh starting in 2016.

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