Yanghee Lee, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, saw “no improvement” for displaced Rohingya Muslims since her previous visit last July to investigate allegations of mistreatment of them by the Buddhist majority in Rakhine state. She observed “a growing atmosphere of fear, distrust and hostility” during her latest visit in January, when she was publicly denounced as a “whore” and a “bitch” by a prominent Buddhist monk. Lee witnessed “abysmal” conditions at a camp where displaced Muslims were being held “for their own security,” Rakhine’s chief minister told her. “Many people told the Special Rapporteur that they had two options: to stay and die or to leave by boat,” according to Lee’s report to the U.N. Human Rights Council. https://bangordailynews.com/2015/03/09/news/world-news/un-myanmar-sliding-towards-conflict-as-religious-ethnic-tensions-simmer/