23/10/2025
🇲🇲 NEW: Fortify Rights urges the Arakan Army to immediately end its use of forced labor against Rohingya, Hindu, and other minorities in Rakhine State.
Survivors described being forced to work under dangerous and inhumane conditions, including portering ammunition, digging trenches, and building military structures—under the threat of beatings, detention, and ex*****on.
“The Arakan Army cannot claim to be liberating the people of Rakhine from the military junta while exploiting them through forced labor. It must cease these abusive practices immediately, stop subjecting ethnic minorities to forced labor, and release all civilians who are detained and forced to work.” said Yap Lay Sheng, Senior Human Rights Specialist at Fortify Rights.