Clashes have rocked Rakhine since the Arakan Army attacked security forces in November.
Mr Turk made a direct appeal to the Myanmar military and the AA to “pause fighting, protect civilians, allow immediate and unhindered humanitarian access”.
Clashes have rocked Rakhine since the Arakan Army attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the 2021 military coup. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights indicated that the United Nations was seeking to “corroborate information indicating serious violations”.
The AA is one of several armed ethnic minority groups in Myanmar’s border regions, many of which have battled the military since independence from Britain in 1948 over autonomy and control of lucrative resources.Fighting had spread to 15 of Rakhine state’s 17 townships since November, Mr Turk said in April.
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