July 5, 2016

UN human rights rapporteur pushes government on plight of Myanmar’s Muslim minority

Ms Lee also pressed the government to do more to ease restrictions on the population of Muslims in western Rakhine State who self-identify as Rohingya but whom the previous government officially branded Bengalis, implying that they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

Her fourth official visit – during which she travelled to Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states to observe humanitarian conditions in camps for civilians displaced by conflict, as well as meeting with legislators, civil society groups and government officials in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw – ended on July 1. The 12-day assessment of the country was her first since the National League for Democracy took power in April. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)

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