A UN body has called for the leadership of Myanmar’s armed forces to be prosecuted for genocide over attacks against the country’s Rohingya minority in a damning report that also blamed Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, for failing to halt the violence.
A fact-finding mission appointed by the UN Human Rights Council concluded on Monday that Myanmar’s top generals must be held responsible for crimes against humanity including murder, torture, rape and extermination in Rakhine and other states in the south-east Asian nation.
“There is sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the Tatmadaw [Myanmar military] chain of command, so that a competent court can determine their liability for genocide,” the mission concluded.