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The United Nations expert on human rights in Burma has arrived in Myanmar, days after the UN voiced fears that efforts to end unrest in Rakhine state had turned into a crackdown on Muslims.
UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana flew into the main city of Rangoon late on Sunday for a visit set to include a trip to the restive western state as well as meetings with Burma's president and civil society.
It comes after a warning by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay that Muslim communities in Rakhine, particularly the Rohingya minority, were being targeted by security forces.
"We have been receiving a stream of reports from independent sources alleging discriminatory and arbitrary responses by security forces, and even their instigation of and involvement in clashes," she said in a statement on Friday.
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