More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled an army campaign in just a few weeks,escaping into BangladeshMyanmar has rejected allegations of systematic atrocities against the Rohingya, telling the United Nations security council that “there is no ethnic cleansing and no genocide in Myanmar.
The denial followed a damning open session on the crisis in which the UN secretary-general António Guterres said the clash had become “the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian and human rights nightmare”. Related: UK says 'unacceptable tragedy' of Rohingya crisis risks Myanmar progress Related: Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com