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Aid restrictions in Myanmar may be war crimes: UN
REUTERS – The Myanmar military rulers’ restrictions on life-saving aid are growing and may amount to war crimes such as degrading treatment, starvation, and collective punishment, a UN human rights report said.
The report by the UN rights chief says the military has established an “all-encompassing system of control” since a Feb. 2021 coup and said urgent steps are needed to meet people’s fundamental needs and rights.
Finnish minister resigns
REUTERS – Finland’s economy minister Vilhelm Junnila resigned on Friday just 10 days into his term in office, the nationalist Finns Party said, after being accused of making repeated Nazi
references.
“For the continuation of the government and the reputation of Finland, I see that it is impossible for me to continue as a minister in a satisfactory way,” Junnila said in a statement.