UN calls Myanmar 2-child policy discriminatory

Published May 30, 2013 6:12pm ET



UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says a decision by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on a Muslim minority group would be discriminatory and a violation of human rights of Muslims and the Rohingya community.

U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Thursday that U.N. human rights bodies have called on the authorities in Rakhine state “to remove such policies or practices.”

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