U.N. report calls for Myanmar generals to be prosecuted for genocide, war crimes
2018-08-28 09:30:08 source：The Washington Post
August 27, 2018
A U.N. report called Monday for Myanmar’s military leaders, including the commander in chief, to be investigated and prosecuted on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes over their actions in ethnic and religious minority states — the strongest international condemnation yet of the military’s actions following a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last August.
The report, the culmination of interviews, research and analysis conducted by a U.N.-mandated fact-finding mission over more than a year, significantly challenges the Myanmar military’s decades-long assertions, in Rakhine state and elsewhere, that it is merely responding to security challenges.
It found “patterns of gross human rights violations and abuses committed in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan state” that “undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law,” a statement announcing the report’s findings said.
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