Myanmar's democrats must be allowed to attend UN Human Rights Council: Jakarta Post contributors

The logo of the United Nations is seen in the General Assembly hall in New York City. - Reuters

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), of which Indonesia is a key and active member, is meeting now in Geneva and despite the mass atrocities being routinely committed in Myanmar, has, in a rare move, decided to deny the Union of Myanmar the right to participate in its month-long session.

There's a shocking irony in this. According to the HRC's own special rapporteur on Myanmar, Tom Andrews, the leaders of last year's coup have committed crimes against humanity having "killed protesters in the streets, murdered civilians in their homes, beaten individuals to death, and tortured people to death while in detention."