Rohingya forced to fight for embattled junta in Myanmar

Seven years after Myanmar’s military, or Tatmadaw, tortured, raped and killed thousands of Rohingya and sent nearly 1 million fleeing into neighboring Bangladesh, its soldiers are now pressing those who remain into service to support their struggling military campaign, RFA reported yesterday.

Faced with mounting losses in Rakhine, the junta have been forcibly recruiting Rohingya in high numbers from the internally displaced camps in which they have been forced to live for years.

Over the span of a single month, nearly one thousand Rohingya refugees underwent military training in three separate batches, according RFA, which said the captives are threatened with violent deaths if they refuse to take part in the training and their families would be targeted if they flee.