Recently, an Israeli Human Right group has asked the country’s Attorney General to investigate allegations that the Israeli Ministry of Defense and an Israeli spyware firm helped the Myanmar military commit crimes against the Rohingya.
On 2nd January, one of the lawyers of the group, Eitay Mack filed the application for a criminal probe into the activities of the Ministry and Cognyte Software Ltd. The procedure was conducted on behalf of more than 60 Israeli citizens including a former speaker of the country’s legislature, academics, and Human Rights activists.
The application alleges that Israel’s Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have failed to uphold a 2018 vow to stop all Israeli military exports to Myanmar and for all Israeli defense companies to end their activities there.
Mack said, Israel’s Defense and Foreign ministries lied and Cognyte’s interception system could help the Myanmar military hunt down democracy activists and journalists.
The advocate explained that Cognyte can’t operate in Myanmar on its own and needs an export license and a marketing license from the two Israeli ministries to transfer the company’s system to Myanmar.
“This is why Cognyte and all the Israeli officials who allowed its operation in Myanmar must be brought to justice,” Mack added.
Ever since the genocide of Rohingya, Myanmar has not been in peace as the Junta launches air strikes in civilian areas. According to UN, aerial attacks are considered as crimes against humanity.
