The United Nations has said recent security operations amount to ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority, with thousands fleeing to Bangladesh. YANGON, FridayNobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi stands accused of failing to protect Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims from what rights groups say is a systematic campaign of abuse by the military. The United Nations has said recent security operations amount to ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority, with thousands fleeing to Bangladesh. “Her failure to speak out is baffling to an international audience that persists in casting her as a rights icon,” said David Mathieson of Human Rights Watch. Suu Kyi, who has travelled to India and Japan during the six-week crisis, has commented only to say an investigation into the attacks was underway.

Source: Daily Nation November 25, 2016 21:51 UTC