"GENEVA (31 August 2017) ? A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar?s Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine and Muslim populations but also other communities. Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are now reported to be fleeing towards Bangladesh. ?The humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly and I am concerned that many thousands of people are increasingly at risk of grave violations of their human rights,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee. ?The worsening cycle of violence is of grave concern and must be broken urgently.” Ms. Lee said the suffering of the Rohingya was particularly poignant this week, while the world?s Muslim communities celebrated Eid al-Adha on 1 September but the Rohingya remained in a precarious situation, not knowing their future or the fate of their relatives. Latest estimates from UN sources suggest more than 27,000 people have crossed into Bangladesh in the area around Cox?s Bazar, while 20,000 more remain stranded between the two countries. The number continues to grow..."