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UN rights chief calls for fresh int'l investigation against Rohingya minority

The UN rights chief today called for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya minority, warning of possible "elements of genocide" in the violence. <br/><br/>Speaking before a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on abuses against the Rohingya, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein condemned widespread, systematic and shockingly brutal attacks, as well as decades of discrimination and persecution. <br/><br/>An army-led crackdown has forced over six lakhs people to flee from northern Rakhine state and across the border into squalid camps in Bangladesh in recent months. Myanmar's military denies accusations by the UN and US that it has committed ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya.

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