Inter Pares counterpart Kaladan Press Network, Burma’s first Rohingya independent news agency, released a report that documents the Burmese Army’s widespread, systematic use of sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls during its “clearance operation” in 2017.
This report "Rape by Command: Sexual Violence as a Weapon against the Rohingya" is based on testimonies of 36 refugees, including eight rape survivors, provides evidence that government troops raped well over 300 women and girls in villages across northern Rakhine State.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018Related Issue:
Women's EqualityViolence against womenPeace and DemocracyArmed conflictHuman rightsIndigenous & ethnic rightsMigrationInternal displacementRefugeesRelated Region:
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Kaladan Press Network
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