UN investigates Burma violence
2012-07-31 Vatican Radio
A United Nations human rights envoy travelled on Tuesday to western Burma to investigate communal violence that left at least 78 dead and tens of thousands homeless. Tomas Ojea Quintana flew to Rakhine state for a firsthand look at the cities and towns where mass rioting and ferocious violence erupted last month between the ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas.
“There has been very limited access by UN agencies to help these people who have been displaced in these different camps,” said Mark Farmaner. Director - Burma Campaign UK. “You have a very serious human rights problem going on with still some violence taking place in the state, mainly directed now against the Rohingyas.”
Listen to interview by Charles Collins with Mark Farmaner:
A United Nations human rights envoy travelled on Tuesday to western Burma to investigate communal violence that left at least 78 dead and tens of thousands homeless. Tomas Ojea Quintana flew to Rakhine state for a firsthand look at the cities and towns where mass rioting and ferocious violence erupted last month between the ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas. “There has been very limited access by UN agencies to help these people who have been displaced in these different camps,” said Mark Farmaner. Director - Burma Campaign UK. “You have a very serious human rights problem going on with still some violence taking place in the state, mainly directed now against the Rohingyas.”
Listen to interview by Charles Collins with Mark Farmaner:
