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U.S. envoy to U.N. demands Myanmar prosecutions, weapons curbs, over Rohingya
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 / 1:37 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
U.S. envoy to U.N. demands Myanmar prosecutions, weapons curbs, over Rohingya
Michelle Nichols, Simon Daniel Lewis
7 MIN READ
UNITED NATIONS/YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.
It was the first time the United States called for punishment of military leaders behind the repression, but stopped short of threatening to reimpose U.S. sanctions which were suspended under the Obama administration.
“We cannot be afraid to call the actions of the Burmese authorities what they appear to be - a brutal, sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority,” Haley told the U.N. Security Council, the first time Washington has echoed the U.N.’s accusation that the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Rakhine State was ethnic cleansing.
Myanmar rejects the accusations and has denounced rights abuses.
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U.S. envoy to U.N. demands Myanmar prosecutions, weapons curbs, over Rohingya
Michelle Nichols, Simon Daniel Lewis
7 MIN READ
UNITED NATIONS/YANGON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.
It was the first time the United States called for punishment of military leaders behind the repression, but stopped short of threatening to reimpose U.S. sanctions which were suspended under the Obama administration.
“We cannot be afraid to call the actions of the Burmese authorities what they appear to be - a brutal, sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority,” Haley told the U.N. Security Council, the first time Washington has echoed the U.N.’s accusation that the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in Rakhine State was ethnic cleansing.
Myanmar rejects the accusations and has denounced rights abuses.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/u-s-envoy-to-u-n-demands-myanmar-prosecutions-weapons-curbs-over-rohingya-idUSKCN1C30GP
