A U.N. human rights report described Myanmar's military...

A U.N. human rights report described Myanmar's military government as a Junta that marks itself with torture, rape, summary executions, anti-intellectualism and a general suffocating grip on all parts of society. The report, covering the first half of this year, noted "with deep concern the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Myanmar." The report said that the worst indiscriminate violence by the military was committed against civilians belonging to minorities, particularly the Shan, Karen, Karenni and Rohingya groups. It also cited government directives and policies aimed at destroying the opposition National League of Democracy through intimidation, threats, coercion and political charges against its members, arrests and sentences under "an arsenal of laws."