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US has called on Myanmar to allow a United Nations fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said in a statement that it is important that the Burmese government allow this fact-finding mission to do its job. Ms Haley said, no one should face discrimination or violence because of their ethnic background or religious beliefs.
A UN report said, Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya in a campaign and the UN Human Rights Council established an inquiry.
However, Myanmar’s civilian government has rejected the allegations and opposes the mission.
Some 75,000 Rohingya fled northwestern Rakhine state to Bangladesh after Myanmar’s army carried out a security operation last October in response to deadly attacks by Rohingya insurgents on border posts.