Yanghee Lee

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 23 January 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 April 2020
Outgoing UN rights expert calls for investigation into Myanmar military
Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks to the media about the main findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 September 2019. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA
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19 September 2019
UN expert implores Myanmar’s Suu Kyi: ‘open your...
A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘feel...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 July 2019. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPA
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04 September 2019
UN experts decry alleged incommunicado detentions
UN rights experts voiced alarm Tuesday at the Myanmar military's alleged incommunicado...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
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06 July 2019
Barred UN Myanmar rights envoy set to visit...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar,...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
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08 February 2019
UN Special Rapporteur welcomes creation of...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has welcomed the...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
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26 January 2019
UN expert urges caution on refugee island ‘...
Bangladesh must not "rush to relocate refugees" from the Rohingya Muslim minority, a top...
Thengar Char, the proposed place for relocating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar camps. Photo: AFP
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25 January 2019
UN expert visits Bangladesh ‘relocation’ island
A UN Special Rapporteur on human rights on Thursday visited an island off Bangladesh...
Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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19 January 2019
UN rep voices concern over attacks, aid...
The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar expressed alarm at the escalating violence in...
(File) Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks during a press conference after she presented her report to the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 12 March 2018. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA
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14 January 2019
UN Special Rapporteur refused entry to Myanmar
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will...
(File) Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks during a press conference after she presented her report to the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 12 March 2018. Photo: EPA
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10 October 2018
Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe abuse, UN must act:...
Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a...