The Arakan Army’s campaign against the State Administration Council (SAC) of the Myanmar military has triggered allegations of human rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. The accusation against the rebel army gained traction when it began an offensive last April to capture the town of Buthidaung, near Myanmar’s northwestern border, from the military.
Videos of Rohingya Muslims, including women and children, fleeing in droves from Buthidaung went viral on social media, evoking memories of the atrocities committed on the community by the military in 2017, when over 700,000 Rohingya were compelled to relocate to Bangladesh. There were allegations that the Arakan Army ordered all Rohingya to leave after it entered the town on May 17, 2024.
The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in its September 2024 report on human rights violations in Myanmar, accused both the military and the Arakan Army of targeted attacks…
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