UN denounces army attacks in Myanmar despite post-quake truce

The United Nations rights office decried Friday attacks by Myanmar’s military despite a ceasefire declared following last month’s devastating earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people.

“At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,” spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement.

UN rights chief Volker Türk, she said, “calls on the military to remove any and all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to cease military operations.”