Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls: Emerging patterns of abuse in Arakan Army-controlled areas of Rakhine State
Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls, a hallmark of the genocide committed by the Burmese military, is continuing in areas of northern Rakhine State under Arakan Army (AA) control.
In this new report, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) documents how sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is becoming increasingly embedded within systems of detention, forced recruitment and coercion under AA control.
Drawing on information collected from Rohingya sources between May 2024 and April 2026, the report documents patterns of gang rape, arbitrary detention, threats of sexual violence and abuse linked to recruitment raids and incommunicado detention. Documentation is concentrated in northern Rakhine State, particularly Maungdaw and Buthidaung.
The report warns that sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is evolving from violence occurring primarily during conflict and displacement to increasingly organised forms of coercion linked to detention, forced recruitment and systems of governance under AA control.
