Tuesday, March 13, 2018

U.N. Report: Violence And Torture Continues On Rohingya

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee addresses a news conference after her report to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 13, 2017. Reuters

Reuters: U.N. official says violence and torture continues on Rohingya

Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and those crimes bore “the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community”, the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

Adama Dieng spent a week in Bangladesh to assess the condition of the almost 700,000 Rohingyas who had fled across the border from Myanmar, and he said during his trip he heard “terrifying stories.”

“Rohingya Muslims have been killed, tortured, raped, burnt alive and humiliated, solely because of who they are,” Dieng said in a prepared statement.

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Update: UN officials point finger at Myanmar for 'crimes under international law' (The Guardian)

WNU Editor: The Myanmar government is not impressed .... Myanmar Says UN Findings on Human Rights Lack Credibility (VOA).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is very difficult to believe the UN.which is a political organization bought and paid for by the Saudis.