UN says Myanmar's Leaders Could Face Genocide Charges

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has told the BBC that the systematic nature of the persecution of the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar means genocide cannot be ruled out.

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(Photo: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)