UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities

UN says Myanmar junta using ‘systematic’ torture, sexual violence in detention

YANGON, Aug 13 — UN investigators say they have recorded “systematic” torture in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang rape.Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military deposed the civilian government in a 2021 coup, with troops fighting an array of pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic armed groups.The fighting has been accompanied by a crackdown which has seen nearly 30,000 people a…

Myanmar junta committing 'systematic' torture in detention facilities, UN reports

United Nations investigators said they had identified "serious abuses during interrogations and in detention facilities", including sexual slavery and gang rape.

UN-backed investigators allege torture, sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities

Nicholas Koumjian releases annual report detailing atrocities and systemic torture in Myanmar, urging accountability in court for perpetrators.

Myanmar junta committing 'systematic' torture: UN report

YANGON: UN investigators say they have recorded "systematic" torture in Myanmar's military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks and gang ra

UN-backed investigator alleges torture in Myanmar detention facilities

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar said victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence, strangulation and other forms of torture.