Aung San Suu Kyi will share her experiences of defending her state against genocide allegations in a broadcast on state-run television and radio channel MRTV tonight at 8pm.
The Nobel laureate will reflect on the three-day International Court of Justice hearing in The Hague, where she contested charges from Gambia that Myanmar violated the 1948 Genocide Convention over a military campaign that drove more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims from her country.
Her decision to personally represent Myanmar in the proceedings was popular domestically with dozens of rallies across the country held in her name. Thousands of her cheering supporters lined the streets of Napyidaw on Saturday to welcome back their de-facto leader.
But as Gambia’s legal team detailed mass killings and rape in Rakhine state, and asked the court to order “provisional measures” to protect Rohingya remaining in the region, Suu Kyi’s already damaged international reputation reached its nadir.
