Serious international crimes continue in #Belarus, the Chair of an independent experts' group, Karinna Moskalenko, told the @UN Human Rights Council.
With no credible prospect of accountability, victims are turning to the international community for responses, she said.
#HRC60
#UN Int'l Fact-Finding Mission on #Myanmar urges international community to cut financial ties to Myanmar's military, saying its commanders should be brought before a credible court. Full statement here: https://t.co/q4ZexEHms5
@OHCHRAsia welcomes #Myanmar's decision to pardon #Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are now reunited with loved ones they should never have been separated from. We call on Myanmar to protect all journalists in upholding freedom of expression. #PressFreedom
Then Hakim asked the question Musrifah didn’t want to hear: “Where is our son?” “I couldn’t hold onto him,” she said. “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t protect him from this.” https://t.co/MLDt4QilMu
The Myanmar army (through the department of 'public relations and psychological warfare') published a book tellling its narrative of the Rohingya crisis. It says this is "true news". But some of the photos are faked. My story for @Reuters.
McConnell, unmoved by the U.N. report, continues to back Suu Kyi. Repeats that she doesn't control the military. U.N. report points that out, too, but says Suu Kyi's government has "spread false narratives" and overseen the destruction of evidence https://t.co/TLiueaGele
Praying for justice. Two families wait to hear if a court in Myanmar will let Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo go home on Monday. They were framed and arrested while uncovering a massacre. Wa Lone hasn't seen his daughter yet. Kyaw Soe Oo’s misses her dad so much. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
Myanmar faces a momentous test of the rule of law and press freedom on Monday. 258 days after reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were set up and arrested, a judge will decide whether to convict them under a colonial-era secrets law or set them free. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
“Why do soldiers, who are found guilty of murder, get 10 years while we journalists, who exposed the murder, face 14 years in prison?” Mr. Wa Lone asked as he was being taken back to prison. https://t.co/iuW8HrTCbJ
Amal Clooney to represent jailed Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. “I have reviewed the case file and it is clear beyond doubt that the two journalists are innocent and should be released immediately,” she said. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/mMFfuO6ix9
After massacres, mass rapes, and mass forced displacement of #Rohingya, the next stage in destroying a people is to bulldoze their villages, also destroying evidence. #Myanmar#Burma https://t.co/qiGvnc4VPo
Suu Kyi: When “the rights of journalists (to report) are being controlled,” the very notion of democratic reform in Myanmar is “questionable.” https://t.co/5zEgeccjYp