Geneva, Switzerland — The UN rights chief warned Tuesday of possible crimes against humanity in Myanmar and said it seemed to be heading towards a massive conflict like the one ravaging Syria.
In a statement, the UN rights office urged countries to take immediate and decisive action to push the military leaders behind a February 1 coup in Myanmar to stop their “campaign of repression and slaughter of its people.”
“I fear the situation in Myanmar is heading towards a full-blown conflict,” Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in the statement.
“States must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria and elsewhere to be repeate…
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