|
A United Nations envoy says widespread human rights abuses continue along
Burma's eastern border in spite of the inauguration of a new nominally civilian
government.Tomas Quintana, the U.N. human rights envoy to Burma, said Monday the
abuses include land confiscation, forced labor, internal displacement,
extrajudicial killings and sexual violence.Quintana spoke in Bangkok after
spending a week visiting with Burmese refugees in Thailand. He has not been
granted a visa to visit Burma since he called for a U.N. commission of inquiry
into Burma's rights abuses last year.
Burma dissolved its longstanding military junta and installed a new
government at the end of March. But, Quintana said, the new administration has
done little to address the problems at the border. He said he still believes a
commission of inquiry is needed. |
|