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Thursday, August 31, 2023

Myanmar's military junta detaining women, children to quell protests: UN official

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Ömer Faruk Madanoğlu
ISTANBUL
31.08.2023


Extent of sexual assault crimes against Rohingya women shocked me like never before, says UN investigator for Myanmar

United Nations Information Office in Yangon, Myanmar ( Aung Naing Soe - Anadolu Agency )

A senior UN official who visited Myanmar after the February 2021 coup said the lives of women and children in the Southeast Asian nation were at a particular risk.

Nicholas Koumjian, head of the UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, told Anadolu that prior to the coup in Myanmar, the UN tried to resolve tensions between the military junta and the former government.