Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims is continuing, a
senior U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months
after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven
nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.
Andrew Gilmour, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights, made the comment after a four-day visit to the Cox's Bazar district in neighboring Bangladesh, where he met people who have fled from Myanmar recently.
"I don't think we can draw any other conclusion from what I have seen and heard in Cox's Bazar," Gilmour said in a statement.
After Rohingya insurgents attacked 30 police posts and an army base on Aug. 25, Myanmar soldiers and police swept through villages in what the government says was a legitimate operation to root out "terrorists".
Rohingya who sought shelter in Bangladesh have reported rape, killings and arson by security forces. The United Nations and United States have concluded the campaign amounted to ethnic cleansing.
Source :- yahoonews
Andrew Gilmour, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights, made the comment after a four-day visit to the Cox's Bazar district in neighboring Bangladesh, where he met people who have fled from Myanmar recently.
"I don't think we can draw any other conclusion from what I have seen and heard in Cox's Bazar," Gilmour said in a statement.
After Rohingya insurgents attacked 30 police posts and an army base on Aug. 25, Myanmar soldiers and police swept through villages in what the government says was a legitimate operation to root out "terrorists".
Rohingya who sought shelter in Bangladesh have reported rape, killings and arson by security forces. The United Nations and United States have concluded the campaign amounted to ethnic cleansing.
Source :- yahoonews
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