A U.N. special envoy warned Wednesday that the human rights situation in Myanmar's Rakhine State had gone worse since last October.
The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, said the situation "continues to worsen from an already dire state," in a 22-page report on the situation in Myanmar.
"Discriminatory and stringent restrictions on freedom of movement for Muslim populations remain in place, which continue to impact on a range of other human rights including the right to life," he said.
Quintana criticized both local and central administrators for not making clear efforts to address the discrimination and human rights violations in Rakhine State.
He said the practice of separating communities continued to have a severe impact on the Muslim populations.
The special rapporteur also expressed concerns over torture in places of detention in Myanmar and lack of accountability.
Rakhine State was gripped by inter-communal violence erupted in June 2012 and, which, according to the U.N., uprooted about 75,000 people.
A second wave of conflict displaced a further 36,000 in October that year.
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