Rohingya crisis: UN envoy calls for tougher sanctions on Myanmar’s military rulers
The United Nations is calling on the international community to take action to protect civilians in Myanmar.
Thomas Andrews, The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar, called on Wednesday for stronger international action against Myanmar’s military junta.
The military has escalated attacks on civilians in response to significant battlefield losses and
widespread opposition.
Andrews called for an end to "appeasement and unconditional engagement with the junta" in a
press conference from Geneva, saying that the first condition for future engagement must be to
"stop the killing".
He described Myanmar’s military rulers as "desperate and increasingly isolated but extremely dangerous"
highlighting a fivefold increase in air strikes against civilian targets and the launch of a forced
military recruitment program.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng joins us live from the city of Mae Sot on the border between Thailand and Myanmar to discuss the latest updates.
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