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| The UN's Special Rapporteur for Human rights
in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, visited this camp for displaced
Rohingyas in Myebon in Rakhine State. (PHOTO: UNIC) February 18, 2013 |
Mizzima News
The United Nations Special Rapporteur to Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana,
says that the use of excessive force by Myanmar’s government forces
against local communities and ethnic groups was worrying to the UN.
Speaking at a press conference at Yangon International Airport before
leaving the country on Saturday, Quintana said nearly 120,000 people are
now living in camps in Rakhine State with a lack of adequate
healthcare, and noted that conditions were worse in camps sheltering
Rohingyas and other Muslims.
The UN official said harassment of medical staff by Buddhist extremists
in Rakhine State was one of the reasons behind the poor healthcare.
The government needs to address the problem of freedom of movement in
the camps, Quintana stated, adding that one of the camps “felt more like
a prison than a camp.”
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