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UN: Myanmar is Not Safe for the Return of Rohingya Refugees

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - A U.N. investigator finds that two years after the violent
   expulsion of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the
   situation in their home country remains too dangerous for them to
   return from their refuge in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

   U.N. Special Rapporteur, Yanghee Lee, says Myanmar commits ongoing
   gross violations of international law and uses brutal measures to
   repress ethnic minorities in Rakhine and southern Chin states.

   She says many civilians have been killed and tens of thousands
   displaced by the indiscriminate use of heavy artillery and other
   methods of warfare used by both the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's armed forces,
   and the Arakan Army, an insurgent group in Rakhine.
   

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