Raped and left alone in Rakhine

ROHINGYA Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped by Myanmar soldiers in the final month of her pregnancy.

She is among scores of women who accuse security forces of sexual abuses during a months-long military “clearance operation” so brutal the United Nations fears it may amount to crimes against humanity.

AFP visited the region in the north of Rakhine state on a government-run trip this month, the first time foreign media have been officially allowed into the area since the military began hunting militants in October.

On the edge of Kyar Gaung Taung village, away from the government minders, a group of Rohingya women described how their lives were shattered the day soldiers came to their homes CONTINUED

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