Mainly Buddhi­st Myanma­r denies the Muslim Rohing­ya are its citize­ns and consid­ers them foreig­nersGENEVA: Myanmar’s security forces may be guilty of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority and more of them are fleeing despite a deal between Myanmar and Bangladesh to send them home, the top UN human rights official said on Tuesday. Mainly Buddhist Myanmar denies the Muslim Rohingya are its citizens and considers them foreigners. These crimes had been “perpetrated by Myanmar security forces and extremist Buddhist vigilantes”, Alam said, calling for an end to what he called “xenophobic rhetoric…including from higher echelons of the government and the military”. Criminal InvestigationsProsecutions for the violence and rapes against Rohingya by security forces and civilians “appear extremely rare”, Zeid said. Myanmar has not granted the investigators access to Rakhine, the northern state from which the Rohingya have fled, Darusman said.

Source: The Express Tribune December 06, 2017 10:18 UTC