U.N. sounds alarm on violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State

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UN sounds alarm on violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

GENEVA, April 19 — Intense fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State poses a grave threat to civilians, the United Nations warned today, as it urged international pressure to prevent more “horrendous persecution” of ethnic Rohingya. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said clashes between the military and the Arakan Army, alongside tensions being fuelled between the Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine communities, meant there was a serious risk of a repeat of p…