The United Nations human rights envoy to Myanmar has called for an
urgent independent investigation into recent bloody sectarian violence
in the country's Rakhine state, which he said was one of many human
rights challenges facing the country.
Tomas Ojea Quintana on Saturday called on Myanmar's government to find out the truth about violence in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and stateless Muslim Rohingyas and address reports of extrajudicial killings and torture by its police and soldiers.
"I am concerned... at the allegations I have received of serious human rights violations committed as part of measures to
restore law and order," Quintana said in a statement at the end of a six-day visit to Myanmar, his sixth to the country.
"While I am in no position to be able to verify these allegations at this point in time, they are of grave concern. It is therefore of fundamental importance to clearly establish what has happened in Rakhine state and to ensure accountability."
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Tomas Ojea Quintana on Saturday called on Myanmar's government to find out the truth about violence in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and stateless Muslim Rohingyas and address reports of extrajudicial killings and torture by its police and soldiers.
"I am concerned... at the allegations I have received of serious human rights violations committed as part of measures to
restore law and order," Quintana said in a statement at the end of a six-day visit to Myanmar, his sixth to the country.
"While I am in no position to be able to verify these allegations at this point in time, they are of grave concern. It is therefore of fundamental importance to clearly establish what has happened in Rakhine state and to ensure accountability."
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