A UN human rights investigator said on Friday that Myanmar’s government had denied her access to the Rakhine state which is home to the marginalised Rohingya people.
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanamr, Yanghe Lee said that her request to visit Rakhine was denied and expressed concern at the surveillance and intimidation of people in the Rakhine state that she had visited on previous tours of Burma.
Ms Lee added,
“I unfortunately received credible information that some of my interlocutors were photographed by security officials. I also heard that some individuals that I met with in previous visits were monitored, photographed and later questioned by security personnel.”
Ms Lee previously said that the Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar faced systematic discrimination.