UN rights investigator denied access to Myanmar before visit

Myanmar has told the UN independent investigator into human rights in the country that it will not cooperate with her or grant her access to the country for the rest of her tenure, Reuters reported. Yanghee Lee, UN special rapporteur, said on Wednesday that she had been due to visit in January to assess human rights across Myanmar, including abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. “This declaration of non-cooperation with my mandate can only be viewed as a strong indication that there must be something terribly awful happening in Rakhine, as well as in the rest of the country,” she said.