WorldGENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar has been barred from visiting the country for the rest of her tenure, she said on Wednesday. Yanghee Lee, U.N. special rapporteur, said she had been due to visit in January to assess human rights across Myanmar, including alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, but Myanmar had now told her it would not cooperate with her any more. “It is a shame that Myanmar has decided to take this route,” she said. “The government has repeatedly denied violations of human rights are occurring throughout Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein has called the violence “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” and said he would not be surprised if a court eventually ruled that genocide had taken place.

Source: Sunday Times December 20, 2017 09:22 UTC