Myanmar: Arakan Army Subjecting Ethnic Minorities to Forced Labor


October 22, 2025

🇲🇲 WATCH: Fortify Rights documented forced labor and conscription by the Arakan Army against Rohingya, Hindu, and other ethnic minorities in Rakhine State. Survivors described being forced at gunpoint to porter ammunition, dig trenches, and perform unpaid labor under threat of violence.

The Arakan Army must immediately end forced labor and unlawful recruitment, and release all civilians detained and forced to work.

Read Fortify Rights’s new release: https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025-10-22/

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