(Reuters photo)GENEVA - A report released Friday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said crimes against humanity have potentially been committed against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's conflict-riddled Rakhine State. Widespread reports of security forces committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims who live in northern Rakhine State have emerged in the wake of what the government has termed "clearance operations". More than half of the 101 women interviewed suffered rape or other forms of sexual violence. Children have also been subjected to grave human rights violations, with some as young as an eight-month-old being slaughtered with knives. The Myanmar government has been persistently denying virtually all the reports as fabricated news, while preventing the media and international observers from accessing the area.

Source: Bangkok Post February 03, 2017 11:26 UTC