June 22, 2016

Rohingya may be victims of ‘crimes against humanity’: UN

The United Nations has warned that widespread and ongoing human rights violations against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims could amount to crimes against humanity.

In a report released on Monday on the situation of minorities in Myanmar, the UN human rights office said Rohingyas in the Southeast Asian country are subject to multiple and aggravated forms of human rights violation, including citizenship denial, forced labor and sexual violence.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, therefore urged the new Myanmar Government to take concrete steps to end the “systemic discrimination” and ongoing human rights violations against minority communities, particularly the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, as he issued a new report on the situation of minorities in Myanmar. (Courtesy of nation.com.pk)

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