Thursday, September 23, 2010

Human Rights Group Seeks UN Inquiry on Burma; Accuses Burma of Torture, Rape, Killings, Etc.

The Ekklesia website reports today (September 23, 2010) that a human rights Non Governmental Organization (NGO) says international support is growing for the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in Burma.

A total of ten governments -- the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia, Hungary, France, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand -- are now calling for an inquiry.

The NGO has been campaigning for the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry for several years.

Benedict Rogers, Christian Solidarity Worldwide's East Asia Team Leader, said: "A full international legal investigation into the regime's widespread use of rape as a weapon of war, forcible conscription of child soldiers, use of forced labor, torture, destruction of villages, and killings is much needed and long overdue."

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