Top Myanmar Military Officers Should Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity: Amnesty International

A satellite image taken on Sept. 24, 2017 and provided by Amnesty International on June 26, 2018 shows what they describe as the geography of Myanmar's Min Gyi village, divided between a Rohingya area surrounded by the Purma River on the north, east, and south, and an ethnic Rakhine area to the west. Amnesty International say that approximately 385 structures in the Rohingya area appear razed. Amnesty International/DigitalGlobe/Handout via Reuters

NEW YORK—Senior Myanmar military officials, including the commanders of its defense services and army, should face trial for crimes against humanity over the treatment of Rohingya minorities, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday.

Amnesty called for the United Nations Security Council to refer the report’s findings to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and impose a “comprehensive arms embargo” on the Southeast Asian country and financial sanctions against senior officials.