Myanmar human rights conditions at new low, UN says

Arakan Army recruits scale climbing ropes at a training camp in Kachin state. The rebel group also controls much of Rakhine state, where both it and the Myanmar army stand accused of abusing the Rohingya Muslim population. (Photo: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons)

GENEVA - Human rights conditions in Myanmar have ‌sunk to a new low, with widespread abuses against the Rohingya minority and a booming illicit economy driven partly by illegal rare-earth mining deepening civilian suffering, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The UN human rights office report, covering June 2025 to May 2026, said unrelenting conflict, military violence and ​a growing “conflict economy” were exposing civilians ⁠to severe hardship.