In a statement made on Tuesday, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights has warned that Myanmar is dangerously close to reaching a full-blown conflict with echoes of the Syrian civil war that began in 2011 and devastated the nation. The high commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, stated that the international community needs to step in and take measures to stop the violence before Myanmar reaches this point. Bachelet stated that the military leadership is to blame for the violence, calling the incidents a “campaign of repression and slaughter of its people.”
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