GENEVA: UN investigators said on Tuesday (Aug 8) that they had gathered strong evidence of surging war crimes in Myanmar, including mass executions and sexual violence, and were building case files to help bring perpetrators to justice. The Southeast Asian country has been ravaged by deadly violence s
"HIGHEST LEVEL OF CRUELTY"
The team - already cooperating with the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court --said it"plans to accelerate its collection of evidence of the most serious international crimes". "Repeatedly ignoring such crimes may indicate that the higher authorities intended the commission of these crimes," the report said.
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