A UAE newspaper has said that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra''ad Al Hussein, is absolutely right in asking the Myanmar government to take concrete steps to end the systemic discrimination and human rights violations against minority communities, particularly the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
"A report requested by the UN Human Rights Council in July 2015 has documented a wide range of rights violations, including arbitrary deprivation of nationality, severe restrictions on freedom of movement, threats to life and security, denial of rights to health and education, forced labour, sexual violence and limitations to political rights," said The Gulf Today in an editorial on Wednesday.
"It also notes that for those formally charged, fair trial guarantees are often not respected. The report has clearly highlighted the possibility that the pattern of violations against the Rohingya may amount to crimes against humanity. (Courtesy of menafn.com)
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