For Besieged Rohingya, a New, Impending Crisis: Monsoons
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For Besieged Rohingya, a New, Impending Crisis: Monsoons
Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, Hau Do Suan, told the Council on Tuesday
that the government would investigate reports of mass graves and extrajudicial killings by security forces, although it has so far blocked access to the region by a United Nations fact-finding mission and all but a few aid organizations.
In the Security Council on Tuesday, Miroslav Jenca, the assistant secretary general for political affairs, called the events described in the report "deeply disturbing," and the French ambassador, François Delattre, said they "could constitute crimes against humanity." Mr. Suan, Myanmar ambassador, said his country’s investigation found
that the men had belonged to a Rohingya militant group.
13, 2018
Rohingya refugees who have fled ethnic violence in Myanmar are at risk of "a humanitarian crisis within the crisis" as the impending monsoon season threatens to flood camps
and fuel the spread of disease, diplomats at the United Nations Security Council warned on Tuesday.
About 1,500 have already arrived in Bangladesh this month, bringing with them reports of continued violence by Myanmar’s authorities, including the abduction of girls
and young women, enslavement and forced starvation, said Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh’s ambassador to the United Nations.
In her remarks at the Security Council, Nikki R. Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, called them
and other journalists in the region "an indispensable source of information." Both have been charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act and face up to 14 years in prison.
More than 100,000 refugees living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh are in areas prone to flooding
and landslides, and tens of thousands will have to be relocated before the monsoons hit in March, said Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.
Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, Hau Do Suan, told the Council on Tuesday
that the government would investigate reports of mass graves and extrajudicial killings by security forces, although it has so far blocked access to the region by a United Nations fact-finding mission and all but a few aid organizations.
In the Security Council on Tuesday, Miroslav Jenca, the assistant secretary general for political affairs, called the events described in the report "deeply disturbing," and the French ambassador, François Delattre, said they "could constitute crimes against humanity." Mr. Suan, Myanmar ambassador, said his country’s investigation found
that the men had belonged to a Rohingya militant group.
13, 2018
Rohingya refugees who have fled ethnic violence in Myanmar are at risk of "a humanitarian crisis within the crisis" as the impending monsoon season threatens to flood camps
and fuel the spread of disease, diplomats at the United Nations Security Council warned on Tuesday.
About 1,500 have already arrived in Bangladesh this month, bringing with them reports of continued violence by Myanmar’s authorities, including the abduction of girls
and young women, enslavement and forced starvation, said Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh’s ambassador to the United Nations.
In her remarks at the Security Council, Nikki R. Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, called them
and other journalists in the region "an indispensable source of information." Both have been charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act and face up to 14 years in prison.
More than 100,000 refugees living in makeshift camps in Bangladesh are in areas prone to flooding
and landslides, and tens of thousands will have to be relocated before the monsoons hit in March, said Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.