Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief
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The UN’s top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military regime...
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UN warns of rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine, US and EU express alarm
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