<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the situation of Rohingya Muslims is ever more protracted, with no prospect of safe and sustainable return.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many are taking to dangerous journeys in the region by sea, he observed.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN rights chief said there must be intensified efforts by the international community for an end to the violence and the peaceful restoration of an inclusive and representative government.</div><div><br></div><div>"The Myanmar military has lost critical ground since the end of October as a result of coordinated attacks by Ethnic Armed Organizations and anti-military armed groups," he said, noting that civilian casualties and internal displacement have been rising at a rapid rate.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, as ever, the UN human rights chief said, it is necessary that all parties ensure that the civilian population is adequately protected.</div><div><br></div><div>In Myanmar, the human rights crisis caused by the military continues to inflict an unbearable toll on civilians.</div><div><br></div><div>"To date, credible sources have verified that military forces have killed over 4,232 civilians since the coup," Turk said at a press conference in Geneva ahead of the UN Human Rights Day that falls on December 10, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>He said civilians have suffered countless violations – facing airstrikes, artillery shelling, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, as well as sexual violence, displacement, denial of humanitarian assistance and the burning of their homes, fields and villages.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>