In order to prevent the inhumane brutality committed against the people of Burma, including the Rohingya, the military council was given weapons, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has urged the international community to block access to jet fuel and foreign currency.
At the United Nations Human Rights Council conference held in Geneva yesterday, March 1, he urged.
He also said that three years after the military coup, the entire population of Burma is suffering from endless suffering, so it is now urgently necessary for the United Nations and the international community to pay attention to Myanmar's affairs.
In addition, he said that now armed conflicts have spread to almost all regions in Myanmar, and since the military coup in Myanmar until today, more than 4600 civilians, including nearly 600 women and nearly 500 children, have been killed by the military council forces.
The military rulers discriminated against the Rohingya by denying them citizenship. In addition to forced displacement, human rights violations were committed and they were locked up in villages and refugee camps, he said.
At the same time, he said that he had received credible reports that hundreds of Rohingyas who had fled from Burma had been prevented from entering Bangladesh.
Conflicts in Burma The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged all UN member states to help and protect those fleeing persecution.