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Volker T\u00fcrk was speaking as a new report was released by an independent UN fact-finding mission which found that human rights in the country \u2013 especially for minorities \u2013 have hit a new low<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Myanmar is locked in a brutal civil war between the military and various resistance groups.<\/p>\n In August 2017, Myanmar\u2019s military conducted a ruthless crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine State, prompting\u00a0more than 740,000 to flee across the border to Bangladesh, where the vast majority are still living as refugees.<\/p>\n Five years since the military junta took control of Myanmar, it has killed at least 8,075 and forcibly conscripted hundreds of thousands<\/strong> while the rebel Arakan Army \u2013 the de facto<\/em> authority across most of Rakhine \u2013 has committed widespread abuses against the Rohingya, according to the report.<\/p>\n Covering June 2025 to May 2026, the new report details how an armed group\u2019s August 2025 decision to stop supplying other anti-military groups allowed the military to press its advantage, going as far as to deny humanitarian aid in an effort to \u201ccrush opposition and force obedience.\u201d<\/p>\n The report describes the Rohingya as experiencing \u201csystematic discrimination by all parties, with absolute impunity<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Having lost most of its control over Rakhine State to the Arakan Army, the military has resorted largely to airstrikes to stop rebel advances \u2013 often in civilian areas \u2013 with at least 2,592 of these strikes in the reporting period.<\/p>\n The same military that killed thousands of Rohingya in 2017 has since forcefully conscripted around 125,000 \u2013 many of them Rohingya \u2013 subjecting some to forced alcohol consumption, denial of rest and physical abuse<\/strong>, according to the report.<\/p>\n Despite its stated policy of \u201cinclusive governance and equal treatment,\u201d the Arakan Army rebels have seized land, forced Rohingyas to build their own prison-like detention camps, strictly controlled border crossings in Rakhine and arbitrarily killed and tortured many.<\/p>\n Once detained by the Arakan Army, Rohingyas have reported being beaten with bamboo, burned with matches, hung upside down with their bodies spun until they passed out.<\/strong><\/p>\n They also reported having chili applied to their genitals and their fingernails removed. The Arakan Army reportedly forced one child to clear the bones and skulls of fellow Rohingya after a massacre.<\/p>\n The report also outlines how since the 2021 coup, Myanmar has become the world\u2019s largest producer of opium and synthetic drugs, alongside a multi-billion-dollar scam industry and the unregulated mining of rare earth minerals.<\/p>\n In the absence of rule of law, these illicit economies have helped finance the conflict, strengthen transnational criminal networks and degrade Myanmar\u2019s natural environment.<\/p>\n Women and girls face entrenched gender inequalities and, in recent years, have been increasingly forced into the mining sector, putting them at heightened risk of sexual violence and reprisal if they spoke out, the report said.<\/p>\nRohingya continue to suffer<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Conflict economy destroys communities<\/strong><\/h2>\n