Former Burmese ruler Aung San Suu Kyi was complicit in the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar but real culprits were military actors, says the CEO of Fortify Rights.

After Aung San Suu Kyi took the reins of power in Myanmar in 2015, the ethnic cleansing of minority Rohingya Muslims assumed grave proportions and eventually led to their genocide and expulsion

The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has called on the international community to stand firm against Myanmar’s military junta and to “do a lot more” to protect the vulnerable Rohingya population in the country’s Rakhine State.

Activists and a number of victims of abuse in Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany, asking prosecutors to investigate top generals for instigating genocide against Rohingya Muslims and other atrocities since a military coup two years ago.

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says conditions are not suitable yet for the Rohingya Muslim refugees to return to Myanmar.

UN Human Rights chief arrives in Bangladesh on a trip that includes a visit to the squalid camps where over a million displaced Rohingya refugees from Myanmar reside.

At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized off the Myanmar coast while fleeing the ethnic persecution in their country.