FNs uafhængige Burma-overvåger peger især på volden og de store flygtningestrømme i delstaterne Rakhine og Kachin, hvor etniske grupper og religiøse mindretal kæmper for større selvbestemmelse i det asiatiske land.
NEW YORK, 11 March 2013 (UN News Service): Ongoing reforms in Burma are improving the human rights situation in the country, but a large gap still remains between these efforts and their implementation on the ground (omsættelse i praktisk gerning), a United Nations independent expert said Monday.
“While the process of reform is continuing in the right direction, there are significant human rights shortcomings that remain unaddressed, such as discrimination against the Rohingya in Rakhine state and the ongoing human rights violations in relation to the conflict in Kachin state,” said the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana.
“Now is the time to address these shortcomings before they become further entrenched (omfattende) and destabilise the reform process.”
Several waves of clashes between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have left 115.000 people displaced in Rakhine state.
Also, some 75.000 people have fled their homes in Kachin since fighting began in June 2011 between Government troops and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).
The fighting intensified in September and December last year, before authorities in Myanmar announced a unilateral ceasefire in January.
“The Government must establish the truth about what happened in Rakhine state during the two waves of communal violence last June and October, and hold those responsible for human rights violations to account,” Mr. Ojea Quintana said, offering his support to pursue further investigations.
Mr. Ojea Quintana also urged the Government to ease the harsh restriction on freedom of movement for the 120.000 people who remain in camps for the displaced (fordrevne) in Rakhi
ne and to begin their relocation into integrated communities before the start of the rainy season, which will flood many camps.
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