Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is increasing in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State under the control of the Arakan Army, according to a new report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK).

The report, released on Thursday, alleges that Rohingya women are facing rape, gang rape, torture, illegal detention and coercion amid worsening humanitarian conditions and ongoing displacement in western Myanmar.

According to TRT World, the report documents multiple cases in which Rohingya women and girls were subjected to sexual violence during recruitment raids, arbitrary detention and while fleeing armed conflict in northern Rakhine State.

The Arakan Army, one of Myanmar’s major ethnic armed groups fighting the military junta, now controls large parts of Rakhine State. BROUK accused the group of using sexual violence as a tool of repression against Rohingya communities.

BROUK President Tun Khin said the international community has failed to dismantle the system that enabled the Rohingya genocide, warning that similar abuses are continuing under new authorities.

The Rohingya, a Muslim minority community in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, have faced decades of persecution, including mass violence in 2017 that forced more than 750,000 people to flee to Bangladesh.

The report comes as more than 150,000 Rohingya have reportedly fled to Bangladesh since late 2023, while nearly 900 refugees were reported dead or missing at sea in 2025 during dangerous maritime crossings.

BROUK called on the UN Security Council to take urgent action over ongoing abuses in Rakhine State and urged greater humanitarian support for Rohingya communities inside Myanmar and in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

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