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The Argentine Prosecutor investigating the genocide against the Rohingya formally petitioned the Argentinian Court on to issue twenty-five arrest warrants for genocide and crimes against humanity under Article 294 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Argentina. The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UL (BROUL) brought the case forward under the principle of universal jurisdiction, and announced that they had been informed of the petition on Friday.
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