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.
Rohingya communities continue to face identity-based persecution, worsening humanitarian conditions, displacement and severe restrictions on movement. More than 150,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since late 2023, while increasing numbers continue to undertake dangerous maritime journeys across the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
BROUK warns that failures to ensure accountability after the 2017 Rohingya genocide enabled the structures of persecution against the Rohingya to survive and continue under new authorities and evolving forms of control.
The report calls for urgent international action, including UN Security Council action on violations of the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures, stronger accountability efforts covering crimes committed by both the Burmese military and the AA, increased humanitarian access and funding for Rohingya communities, and greater support for Rohingya-led organisations documenting sexual violence and human rights abuses.
Download the report here.