A policeman stands inside Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand during an event titled: "Will Myanmar's General Ever Face Justice for International Crimes" in Bangkok on Monday. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)Police in Bangkok shut down a forum organised by foreign journalists to discuss whether senior military officers in Myanmar should face justice for alleged human rights abuses committed by their forces against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. Last month a specially appointed UN human rights team recommended that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya. Critics of Myanmar's military have also accused it of carrying out ethnic cleansing and other war crimes. pic.twitter.com/LVzOoKgzDK — ANews (@anewscomtr) September 4, 2018Myanmar's army, which for decades has been accused of violating the human rights of various ethnic minorities, denies having committed organised rights abuses.

Source: Bangkok Post September 11, 2018 04:41 UTC