UN condemns ‘devastating’ Rohingya abuse in Myanmar

The UN has accused security forces in Myanmar of committing serious human rights abuses, including gang-rape, savage beatings and child killing.

The UN has accused security forces in Myanmar of committing serious human rights abuses, including gang-rape, savage beatings and child killing.

It made the allegations in a condemning report compiled after interviews with more than 200 Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

An estimated 65,000 members of the Muslim minority community have fled to Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar – also known as Burma – last October.