UN Rights Chief Calls for ‘Reality Check’ on Burma as BROUK Warns Rohingya Face Erasure

UN rights chief urges states to refer Myanmar situation to ICC

Volker Turk also calls for halt to transfers of arms, ammunition, jet fuel, dual-use items that risk facilitating rights violations

UN rights chief calls for ‘reality check’ on Burma as BROUK warns Rohingya face erasure

The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today warned that Rohingya are being driven towards erasure from their homeland, as a new UN report documented continuing persecution by both the Burmese military and the Arakan Army. BROUK President Tun Khin addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as part of an Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the report by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Tun Khin said there is no lack of …