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U.N. Investigator Reports Possible New War Crimes In Myanmar

Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar's military.
Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, pictured on March 11.

Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on Myanmar, said security forces and rebels are committing human rights violations and possible new war crimes in western states of Myanmar.

In an address to the U.N.'s Human Rights Council in Geneva, Lee , "The conflict with the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State and parts of

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