Arafat Hasan of DOT :
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee arrived in Bangladesh yesterday to observe the Rohingya situation in the Cox’s Bazar district, despite being barred from entering Myanmar, reported the Dhaka Tribune.
Lee, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, will arrived from Thailand where she hadbeen since January 14.
Lee, who had earlier condemned the incidents in Rakhine State as “genocide”, called for accountability in the strongest terms. She also plans to visit the island of Bhashan Char in Noakhali, where the Bangladesh government has planned to shift the Rohingyas.
In a statement announcing Yanghee Lee’s Thailand and Bangladesh visit, she said: “I still seek to engage with the Myanmar government and I remain committed to my mandate to monitor the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
“I’ll continue to meet with people from Myanmar and speak out about human rights issues that occur around the country.”
The Myanmar government has maintained its decision to cease cooperation with the special envoy, and refused her entry to Myanmar.
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