Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
A new UN report by an independent fact-finding mission covering June 2025 to May 2026 highlights severe human rights violations in Myanmar, particularly targeting the Rohingya minority during the country's civil war.
The military's crackdown in Rakhine State in August 2017 forced more than 740,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, where most remain as refugees. Since seizing control of Myanmar, the military has carried out killings, forcibly conscripted about 125,000 people—including many Rohingyas—and launched numerous airstrikes on civilian areas, with at least 2,592 recorded during the reporting period.
The Arakan Army, which now controls much of Rakhine State, has also been implicated in systematic discrimination and abuses against the Rohingya. These include land seizures, forced construction of detention camps, control of border crossings, and arbitrary killings. Detained Rohingyas have reported severe physical torture and dehumanizing treatment, such as beatings, burning, application of chili to genitals, and removal of fingernails.
The report also notes that Myanmar has become a leading global producer of opium and synthetic drugs since the 2021 coup. Illicit economies—including unregulated rare earth mineral mining and criminal scams—have fueled ongoing conflict amid the absence of rule of law.
The Rohingya population continues to face systematic discrimination and violence with limited protection, underscoring the humanitarian crisis highlighted in the UN report.