Wednesday, April 9, 2014

UN expert raises concerns over withdrawal of humanitarian aid in Myanmar

[JURIST] Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Monday expressed concern [press release] about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country's Rakhine State [JURIST news archive]. Following recent attacks [Reuters report] on international aid groups, aid workers have begun an evacuation of the area. The withdrawal of individuals providing health services, water and food to displacement camps, Quintana warns, "will only increase the vulnerability...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/un-expert-raises-concerns-over-deteriorating-human-rights-in-myanmar.php

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