Myanmar's military is limiting critically needed humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in areas where it sees opposition to its rule, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also said it was investigating 53 reported attacks by the junta against its opponents since the earthquake struck on March 28,

The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by last week's quake.

The UN is investigating 53 alleged attacks launched by Myanmar's military after it called a ceasefire against rebel groups.

Myanmar's ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country for a rare trip to a regional summit, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased to reach quake survivors.

Dr Sian Williams presents the DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal

The massive destruction across Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Southeast Asia is astonishing to see. Yogita Limaye with BBC News, a CBS News partner, reports after getting a rare look inside the country.

Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten the areas hardest-hit by the quake, such as Mandalay, Sagaing and the capital Naypyidaw.

More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.

As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake to hit Myanmar in a century.