GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations voiced on Friday its fears of a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning that a human tragedy was unfolding in the country's Rakhine state.
GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations voiced on Friday its fears of a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning that a human tragedy was unfolding in the country's Rakhine state.UN human rights chief Volker Turk expressed grave alarm about the sharply deteriorating situation across the Southeast Asian nation, particularly in Rakhine, where, he said, hundreds of civilians have reportedly been killed while trying to flee fighting.
Young Rohingya refugees wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts from a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp in Bangladesh on Oct. 21, 2017. AP FILE PHOTOTurk blamed both sides for abuses against the Rohingya, including extrajudicial killings, abductions and indiscriminate bombardments of towns.The AA says it is fighting for more autonomy for the ethnic Rakhine population in the state, which is also home to about 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
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