Day: June 16, 2018

By Dr. Maung Zarni | Published by Anadolu Agency on June 16, 2018 Myanmar’s leader is doing her best to cover up her country’s international crimes against Rohingya people Cambridge, THE UK — In the first meeting on June 13 between Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Christine Schraner Burgener, the Burmese urged the freshly-minted Special Envoy on Myanmar for the UN Secretary General to understand “the real situation” about the Rakhine State, from which 700,000 Rohingyas fled, in what the Secretary General himself characterized as “ethnic cleansing”. The phrase “the real situation” rings alarm bells in my head. It

Published by Anadolu Agency on June 16, 2018 Maung Zarni says ‘UN needs to stop promoting Myanmar’s lies – such as bypassing the calls for ICC-led accountability’ ANKARA  — The United Nations should “stop promoting Myanmar lies,” an international expert wrote in an analytical piece for Anadolu Agency. Maung Zarni, coordinator for strategic affairs at the Free Rohingya Coalition, wrote: “In the face of Myanmar’s ongoing international crimes against Rohingyas as a people, inside Myanmar and in the refugee camps in Bangladesh — all under Suu Kyi’s watch, and with her complicity — UN needs to stop promoting Myanmar’s lies —