The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that recent civilian casualties in Myanmar may amount to 'further war crimes' and that three years after an exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar 'no concrete measures' on accountability had been taken.
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that recent civilian casualties in Myanmar may amount to “further war crimes” and that three years after an exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar “no concrete measures” on accountability had been taken.U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that civilian casualties from fighting in Rakhine and neighbouring Chin states had been increasing, including through disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
She said satellite images and eyewitness accounts indicated that areas of northern Rakhine had been burnt in recent months and called for an independent investigation.
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