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UN rights envoy urges inquiry into abuses of Rohingya in Myanmar

YANGON, 9 February 2017

By Jared Ferrie, Asia Editor

The UN should launch an inquiry into military abuses of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims, because the government is incapable of carrying out a credible investigation, the UN’s rights envoy will tell the Human Rights Council next month.

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