Articles by Nick Cumming-Bruce
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‘Have You No Shame?’ Myanmar Is Flogged for Violence against Rohingya
Nick Cumming-Bruce – The New York Times,
9 Jul 2018
4 Jul 2018 — When a senior diplomat from Myanmar told a gathering of the UNHRC today that his country was “committed to the defense of human rights,” he drew an outraged rebuttal from Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, dispensing with the usual diplomatic courtesies. “Have you no shame, sir?” he demanded. “Have you no shame? The claim almost creates its own level of preposterousness,” he said.
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Nick Cumming-Bruce – The New York Times,
21 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016 — Amid mounting reports of violent unrest and brutal reprisals by Myanmar’s army in the mainly Muslim state of Rakhine, a United Nations expert said on Friday that the country’s government should let aid agencies into the area and investigate allegations of abuse instead of brushing them aside with blanket denials.
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