Shocking photographic evidence showing children among the injured adds weight to claims that military committed atrocities against Rohingya peoplePhotographs have emerged that show Rohingya refugees, some of them children, bearing bullet wounds and burn scars apparently sustained during a Myanmar army crackdown. The UN human rights council mandated an inquiry in a March resolution. Myanmar’s military and parts of the police force subsequently undertook “clearance operations” against the rebels in an area north of Maungdaw, a town close to the border with Bangladesh. The images support allegations made in a UN report (pdf) that included interviews with hundreds of Rohingya refugees who recently fled Myanmar for Bangladesh. Four other organisations claim to have seen similar scarring on the bodies of Rohingya refugees who arrived in Bangladesh during the violence.

Source: The Guardian May 12, 2017 06:00 UTC