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Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:49 am
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – The Myanmar junta’s brutal
response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal
threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN expert told the
Human Rights Council today, calling for a united global
response in the country’s hour of need.
“The
people of Myanmar need not only words of support but
supportive action,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
“They need the help of the international community,
now.”
Andrews stressed that a growing body of
reporting indicates that the junta’s security forces are
committing acts of murder, imprisonment, persecution and