A new United Nations report says Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar face terrible suffering. UN human rights chief Volker Türk called their situation 'heartbreaking,' pointing to widespread misery and cruelty. Myanmar has been fighting a brutal civil war since a 2021 military coup. The report covers June 2025 to May 2026. It found that human rights hit a new low, especially for minorities like the Rohingya.
Myanmar's military has killed at least 8,075 people since taking power, forcing hundreds of thousands to join its army. The Arakan Army, which controls most of Rakhine state, has also abused the Rohingya, the report said. The military carried out at least 2,592 airstrikes during the period studied. Nine years after the 2017 crisis forced many Rohingya to flee, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that their safety keeps shrinking.