2015-02-28 15:36:00

UN rights chief warns Myanmar risks faltering on reform path


The United Nation's top human right official says Myanmar is ``headed in the wrong direction'' amid a ‎crackdown on dissidents and minorities.  The Southeast Asian nation's military-backed government has ‎pledged to introduce democratic reforms and hold elections later this year.  But U.N. High ‎Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein warned Wednesday that ``recent developments ‎relating to the human rights of minorities, the freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest ‎are calling into question the direction of that reform, and even threatening to set it back.''  Zeid cited ‎the jailing of peaceful protesters, journalists and opposition figures, as well as persecution of Myanmar's ‎Rohingyas, a Muslim minority group.  He said ``accountability for the military will be a key test for the ‎transition.''‎  (Source: AP)








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