More than 700,000 Rohingyas entered Bangladesh fleeing the violence which erupted in Myanmar on August 25, 2017 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThey will leave Dhaka on July 22A delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have arrived in Dhaka to discuss the Rohingya crisis. They landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:54am on Tuesday and will leave Dhaka on July 22. The delegation-- headed by ICC Deputy Prosecutor James Kirkpatrick Stewart-- will talk to senior government officials and representatives of international organizations over the Rohingya issue. The prosecutor of the ICC has already requested its judges to authorize an investigation into alleged crimes like deportation, other inhumane acts and persecution committed against Rohingyas. The office of the prosecutor of the ICC conducts independent and impartial preliminary examinations, investigations and prosecutions of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 16, 2019 04:54 UTC