UN rights expert calls on Myanmar government to protect detained Rohingya children

‘A UN human rights investigator says Myanmar should guarantee the rights and medical care of children from the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community detained in an army crackdown across the troubled Rakhine State.
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in the Swiss city of Geneva on Thursday, Yanghee Lee, the world body’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said that children should not be “arbitrarily deprived of their liberty.”
She went onto say that Myanmar’s government should guarantee their right to timely proceedings.
“I remind the government that children should be detained strictly as a last resort, for the shortest appropriate period of time, and must be treated with humanity and respect in a manner which takes into account their age,” said Lee.’
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