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UN Condemns Abuses Against Myanmar's Rohingya

Associated Press

   UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Friday
   strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya
   Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture,
   rape and deaths in detention.
   The 193-member world body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of
   the resolution,which also calls on Myanmar's government to take urgent
   measures to combat incitement of hatred against the Rohingya and other
   minorities in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states.
   General Assembly resolutions are not legallybindingbut they do reflect
   world opinion.
   Buddhist-majority Myanmar has long considered the Rohingya to be
   ``Bengalis`` from Bangladesh,even though their families have lived in
   the country for generations.Nearly all have been denied citizenship
   since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless, and they are also
   denied freedom of movement and other basic rights.

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