United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that in Myanmar, crime of genocide against the Muslim minority cannot be ruled out. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, while addressing a special session of the Human Rights Council, said that Myanmar government's actions to humanise the Rohingya Muslims will lead to more violence. #Myanmar: UN human rights Chief #Zeid recommends #UNGA establish new mechanism to assist individual criminal investigations of those responsible for atrocities against Rohingya. “Can anyone rule out that elements of genocide may be present?� https://t.co/u1d3PQzvcApic.twitter.com/nCCabpGSi6 - UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) December 5, 2017Thousands of Rohingya people , an ethnic minority, fled from Myanmar to escape getting persecuted by the Myanmar military. Zeid also said that Rohingyas should not be sent back to Myanmar without "sustained human rights monitoring".

Source: India Today December 05, 2017 11:56 UTC