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Two years ago, Myanmar's military launched its crackdown on the Rohingya after attacks on its soldiers by members of the mainly Muslim minority. The UN described what happened next as a 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The army was accused of rape, torture and murder, and villages were burned to the ground. Almost three-quarters of a million Rohingya were forced to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, where they live in the world's biggest refugee camp. The Gambia wanted Myanmar's military tried for genocide, and went to the International Court of Justice in the Hague. But Aung San Suu Kyi, Head of Myanmar's government, and a Nobel peace laureate, dismissed the case as "misleading and incomplete." Why is this one-time champion of human rights defending the army that kept her under house arrest for years? Presenter: Stan Grant Guests: Brad Adams - Executive Director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch Kyaw Win - Executive Director at Burma Human Rights Network Priya Pillai - International lawyer and Head of the Asia Justice Coalition. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/