(ANSA) - GENEVA, APRIL 13 - What is happening in Burma risks becoming "a full-blown conflict like in Syria". This was stated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, who has protected the country from "possible crimes against humanity".
"I fear the situation in Burma is heading towards a full blown conflict. States must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria and elsewhere to repeat themselves," Bachelet said.
The High Commissioner urged the international community to take immediate, decisive and effective measures to push the Burmese military leadership to end the campaign of pressure and carnage "against its people, said the spokesman for the organization Ravina Shamdasani. (ANSA).