In their latest report on the crisis on Wednesday, the rights organisation says dozens of eyewitnesses have accused specific units of using murder, rape and burning. Following ARSA attacks on Aug 25, Myanmar security forces surrounded Rohingya villages in Rakhine and opened fire, killing or seriously injuring hundreds of people, Amnesty said. The Amnesty report included interviews with seven Rohingya survivors of sexual violence by Myanmar security forces. On Tuesday, rights organisation Human Rights Watch released a separate report that claimed to have satellite evidence that 288 Rohingya villages had been burned in Rakhine state. Over half a million Rohingya refugees have crossed the border into Bangladesh since the military operation began on Aug 25.

Source: bd News24 October 18, 2017 05:37 UTC