Rape, Sexual Violence in Burma

THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | FEBRUARY 09, 2017 Security Forces in Burma Raped Rohingya Women, Girls

Photo © 2017 Reuters Burmese army and Border Guard Police personnel took part in rape, gang rape, invasive body searches, and sexual assaults in at least nine villages in Maungdaw district between October 9 and mid-December of last year. The sexual violence did not appear to be random or opportunistic, but part of a coordinated and systematic attack against Rohingya, in part because of their ethnicity and religion. “These horrific attacks on Rohingya women and girls by security forces add a new and brutal chapter to the Burmese military’s long and sickening history of sexual violence against women,” said Priyanka Motaparthy, Human Rights Watch senior emergencies researcher. READ MORE »

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