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UN: Myanmar violence escalating, creating 'rights catastrophe'

June 11, 2021 / 8:36 PM
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gestures at a press conference in Geneva – File photo
Sharjah 24 – AFP: The UN rights chief said Friday that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since a February 1 coup.
"In just over four months, Myanmar has gone from being a fragile democracy to a human rights catastrophe," Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, saying the military leadership was "singularly responsible" for the crisis.   
 
June 11, 2021 / 8:36 PM

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