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A woman pauses at a memorial prior to a ceremony in Mon-
treal, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, to remember those who lost their
lives in a Ukraine airplane crash in Iran on Jan. 8.
Associated Press
Canada's TSB says

Iran has invited it to

examine black boxes Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, reacts outside the International
Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, after the court ordered Myanmar take
all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya.
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Cana- the recorders whenever
da's Transportation Safety and wherever that activ- Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar
Board said Thursday it has ity takes place. Two other
been invited by Iran to par- Canadian safety board act to prevent genocide
ticipate in the download investigators are heading
and analysis of the flight re- back to Canada after six THE HAGUE, Netherlands tions pressing for change in ing, but repeated its asser-
corders from the downing days in Tehran and two in (AP) — The United Nations' Myanmar. tion that there has been no
of a Ukraine International Kyiv. The investigators are top court on Thursday or- "Thus far, it's been states genocide against the Ro-
Airlines jet "whenever and still seeking a bigger role dered Myanmar to do all it trying to put pressure on hingya.
wherever" that takes place. in the probe, but the TSB can to prevent genocide Myanmar or using their The court sought to safe-
Iran has acknowledged says the Iranian authorities against the Rohingya peo- good offices or ... diplo- guard evidence that could
that its armed forces fired have been co-operative ple, a ruling met by mem- matic pressure," said Priya be used in future prosecu-
two Russian anti-aircraft and helpful.Iran may be bers of the Muslim minor- Pillai, head of the Asia Jus- tions, ordering Myanmar to
missiles at the jetliner that hesitant to turn over the re- ity with gratitude and relief tice Coalition Secretariat. "take effective measures
crashed after taking off corders for fear that more but also some skepticism "Now, essentially for any to prevent the destruction
from Tehran's main airport details from the crash — that the country's rulers will state, there is legal lever- and ensure the preserva-
earlier this month, killing all including the harrowing 20 fully comply. age." tion of evidence related"
176 people on board. Fifty- seconds between when The ruling by the Inter- The orders specifically refer to allegations of genocidal
seven Canadians died and the first and second sur- national Court of Justice to Rohingya still in Myan- acts.
138 of the passengers were face-to-air missiles hit the came despite appeals last mar and thus did not look At the end of an hour-
headed to Canada. plane — will come to light. month by Myanmar's civil- likely to have an immedi- long session in the court's
The Transportation Safety The government of Can- ian leader Aung San Suu ate impact on more than wood-paneled Great Hall
Board said in a statement ada has said the boxes Kyi for the judges t o drop 700,000 of them who have of Justice, judges also or-
it understands that the should be sent quickly for the case amid her denials fled to neighboring Ban- dered Myanmar to report
plane's flight-data record- analysis by experts in either of genocide by the armed gladesh in recent years to to them in four months on
ers — commonly known as France of Ukraine. forces that once held the escape Myanmar's brutal what measures the country
black boxes — are still in The Guard's air defenses former pro-democracy crackdown. has taken to comply with
Iran and said Iran is assess- shot the plane down shortly champion under house ar- Even so, Yasmin Ullah, a the order and then to re-
ing options for their down- after it took off from Tehran rest for 15 years. Rohingya activist who lives port every six months as the
load and analysis, includ- on Jan. 8. Hours earlier, the Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed in Vancouver and was case moves slowly through
ing doing it in Iran. Guard had launched bal- Yusuf, president of the in court for the decision, the world court.
Iranian officials have of- listic missiles at U.S. troops in court, said in his order that called it a historic ruling. "I think this is the court may-
fered contradictory re- Iraq in response to the U.S. the Rohingya in Myanmar "Today, having the judges be being much more pro-
marks on whether they'll airstrike that killed Iran's top "remain extremely vulner- unanimously agree to the active and ... careful in ac-
send the plane's flight data general in Baghdad. Offi- able." protection of Rohingya knowledging that this is a
and cockpit voice record- cials say lower-level officers In a unanimous decision, means so much to us be- serious situation and there
ers abroad to be analyzed. mistook the plane for a U.S. the 17-judge panel added cause we're now allowed needs to be much more
A preliminary report by the cruise missile. that its order for so-called to exist and it's legally bind- follow-up and monitoring
Civil Aviation Organization Iranian officials initially said provisional measures in- ing," she told reporters on by the court itself, which is
said Iranian officials had the crash was caused by tended to protect the Ro- the steps of the court. which is quite unusual as
asked French and Ameri- a technical problem and hingya is binding "and cre- But asked if she believes well," Pallai said.
can authorities to send invited countries that lost ates international legal ob- Myanmar will comply, she Rogingya refugees living in
them "up-to-date equip- citizens to help investigate. ligations" on Myanmar. replied: "I don't think so." camps in Bangladesh wel-
ment" to pull the data in Three days later, Iran ad- While the court has no Myanmar's legal team left comed the order, which
Iran. mitted responsibility after ability to enforce the or- the court without com- was even supported by a
Canada's Transportation Western leaders said there ders, one international menting. Later, its foreign temporary judge appoint-
Safety Board said it will was strong evidence the law expert said the ruling ministry said in a statement ed by Myanmar to be part
deploy a second team of plane was hit by a surface- will strengthen other na- that it took note of the rul- of the panel.q
investigators to examine to-air missile.q