UN rights investigator calls for pressure on China, Russia over Myanmar abuses

UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee singled out China and Russia because they had failed to back some moves in the UN aimed at trying to halt the Myanmar military's crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine province.

Published: December 28, 2017 2:21 pm

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Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Source: REUTERS/File Photo)

The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar has called for international pressure on China and Russia to try to get them to oppose human rights abuses in Myanmar. UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee, who was last week barred by the Myanmar government from visiting the country, singled out China and Russia because they had failed to back some moves in the UN aimed at trying to halt the Myanmar military’s crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine province.