The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee
Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where
people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters. http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/myanmar-rohingya-abuse-un-rights-envoy-rakhine-probe-1345174
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Ms Yanghee Lee, The United Nations Special Rapporteur
on
the situation of human rights in Myanmar
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Lee, will visit Bangladesh from February 20 to 23.
“The announcement that the military security operations
in the north of Rakhine has ceased is welcomed. However, we cannot forget the
numerous allegations of grave human rights violations recorded
by the team deployed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Cox’s
Bazar last month,” Lee said recalling the February 3 OHCHR’s flash report based
on the testimonies of over 200 individuals. http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/myanmar-risks-credibility-denying-abuse-1349401
The human rights expert, who plans to visit Cox’s Bazar
and related areas, will focus on the situation of the specific population from
Myanmar who had crossed into Bangladesh since October 9 last year and the
events which have led to their crossing over into the country, according to a
UN press release issued today in Geneva.
“Having access to these affected communities would help
give me a better understanding of their human rights situation in Myanmar,” she
said.
Following her three-day visit to Bangladesh, the human
rights expert will issue an end of mission statement and share her findings
when she presents a new report to the UN Human Rights Council on 13 March 2017.
The report will be posted online.