AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Lawyers bringing a case before the World Court accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority have asked a US district court to order Facebook to release posts and communications of the country's military and police.
The International Court of Justice based in the Hague has agreed to hear a case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya in violation of a 1948 convention.
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have fled a crackdown in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, which considers members of its Rohingya minority to be foreigners. Rights groups have documented killings of civilians and burning of villages. Myanmar authorities say they have been battling an insurgency and deny carrying out systematic atrocities.
A request, filed on behalf of The Gambia on June 8 with the US District Court for the District of Colombia, calls on Facebook to release"all documents and communications produced, drafted, posted or published on the Facebook page" of Myanmar military officials and police forces.
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