UN: Myanmar's Rohingya likely faced crimes against humanity

 

December 6, 2017



GENEVA (AP) — Myanmar's Rohingya minority has "very likely" faced crimes against humanity and possibly genocide at the hands of Myanmar security forces and their helpers, the U.N.'s top human rights body and a top U.N. official said Tuesday.

The comments came at an urgent session of the 47-member Human Rights Council, which overwhelmingly approved a resolution that said crimes against humanity "very likely" occurred in Myanmar against the Muslim minority group since a security crackdown began in August.

The crisis has left untold numbers of Rohingya killed and injured, and forced more tha...



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