Her interview marked the first time Lee has publicly called or the army chief to be prosecuted for genocide. Aid groups say Rohingya ‘terrified’ about Myanmar repatriationSince August 2017 some 730,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine to Bangladesh, where they now live overcrowded camps. Lee has been blocked from visiting Myanmar since 2017 over her vocal criticism of its treatment of the Rohingya. “They responded and reminded me that they had asked the Human Rights Council to replace me so they cannot engage with me,” she said. The human rights record of the civilian government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been a “great disappointment”, she said.

Source: The Express Tribune January 25, 2019 13:18 UTC