Rohingya treatment "textbook example of ethnic cleansing": U.N.

The top U.N. rights official said Monday that Myanmar authorities' "brutal security operation" in strife-torn Rakhine State appears to be "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" against the country's persecuted, stateless Rohingya people.Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said in an address to the Human Rights Council that the military operation, prompted by Rohingya militants attacks on police posts on Aug. 25, "is clearly disproportionate and without regard for basic principles of international law.""We have received multiple reports and satellite imagery…READ FULL ARTICLE