The top UN human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to a television interview to be shown on Monday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra\u2019ad al-Hussein told the BBC that attacks on the Rohingya had been \u201cwell thought out and planned\u201d and he had asked Myanmar\u2019s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to do more to stop the military action.<\/p>\n
Zeid has called the campaign \u201ca textbook example of ethnic cleansing\u201d and asked rhetorically if anyone could rule out \u201celements of genocide\u201d, but his latest remarks put the case plainly, toughening his stance. \u201cThe elements suggest you cannot rule out the possibility that acts of genocide have been committed,\u201d he said, according to excerpts of his interview provided by the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to establish because the thresholds are high,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it wouldn\u2019t surprise me in the future if the court were to make such a finding on the basis of what we see.\u201d Myanmar denies committing atrocities against the Rohingya and has previously rejected UN criticism for its \u201cpoliticisation and partiality\u201d. The Myanmar military says the crackdown is a legitimate counter-insurgency operation.<\/p>\n
Zeid said Myanmar\u2019s \u201cflippant\u201d response to the serious concerns of the international community made him fear the current crisis \u201ccould just be the opening phases of something much worse\u201d. He told the BBC he feared jihadi groups could form in the huge refugee camps in Bangladesh and even launch attacks in Myanmar, perhaps targeting Buddhist temples there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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