A senior UN official on Tuesday accused Myanmar's government of allowing discrimination to continue against the country's Rohingya Muslim community and warned that it could lead to genocide.
"It was our hope that the new administration in Myanmar will address the issue of discrimination against the Rohingya who are Muslim. Instead, they have continued to be denied their identity," said Adama Dieng, a special advisor to the UN secretary general on the prevention of genocide.
"If it is not halted, it could lead to a genocide," he told dpa in Addis Ababa, where he was attending a UN-sponsored meeting on the role of African religious leaders in preventing violence and extremism. (Courtesy of Daily Sabah)
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