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UN Envoy: Myanmar Camps for Muslims 'Deplorable'

The United Nations' new human rights envoy to Myanmar, also known as Burma, says camps housing tens of thousands of homeless Muslims are "deplorable." Yanghee Lee spoke to reporters in Yangon Saturday at the end of her first official 10-day visit to the country. She said many Muslims living in camps for the dispossessed do not have access to basic services. Lee said she has gotten disturbing reports of people dying because of a lack of emergency medical care and...


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