March 8, 2017
The severity of human rights violations against the Rohingya Muslim community warrants the attention of the International Criminals Court (ICC), said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein speaking on Wednesday to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva said the violations, “against a backdrop of severe and longstanding persecution”, amount to the “possible commission of crimes against humanity”.
Al Hussein urged the Human Rights Council to at least establish a commission of inquiry into the violence committed against the Rohingyas, especially during the Tatmadaw led crackdown after October, while pointing out at the same time that persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Arakan is a long standing problem.
Earlier in February, referring to the atrocities committed by the Tatmadaw, the UN envoy had said, “The cruelty to which these Rohingya children have been subjected is unbearable – what kind of hatred could make a man stab a baby crying out for his mother’s milk?
Back then in a damning report, the UN had outlined gross human rights violations against the Rohingyas including instances where infant children were slaughtered in front of their parents, mass gang rape, killing and disappearance of civilians, and so on.
Allegations have however been dismissed by the Tatmadaw which describes atrocities as a legitimate counter-insurgency operation.
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