IIMM warns violence against civilians in Rakhine State prevents safe Rohingya repatriation
Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), concluded a six-day official visit to Bangladesh on Oct. 12, warning that ongoing violence and the deliberate targeting of civil
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