Latest reports from Myanmar, speak of new atrocities and crimes being committed in a concerted campaign of violence and destruction by Myanmar’s military against the largely Muslim Rohingya people in northern Rakhine state.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has reported of receiving frightening and disturbing reports from northern Rakhine state in Myanmar of the impacts of the conflict on civilian lives and property.

Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Friday 24 May in a briefing to journalists in Geneva, that “Some of the most serious allegations concern incidents of killing of Rohingya civilians and the burning of their property, has been received by the UN”, noting that tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by fighting in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships.

She said that the information gathered in testimony from victims, eyewitnesses, satellite images, and online video and pictures over the last week indicate, “Buthidaung town has been largely burned.”

“We have received information indicating that the burning started on May 17, two days after the military had retreated from the town and the Arakan Army claimed to have taken full control,” she said.

Speaking in Bangkok, James Rodehaver, head of Myanmar Team, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said his team had spoken to many sources on the ground and reviewed numerous materials, many of which “were deemed to be credible.”

“Our offices are corroborating information further, particularly in establishing who were the perpetrators of the burning. One survivor described seeing dozens of dead bodies as he fled the........

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