Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low: UN 

GENEVA, Aug 25: 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 U.N. said on Tuesday.

The U.N. 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. Both Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army, which controls much of Rakhine State, had committed widespread, systematic violations against Rohingya communities, including killings, torture, forced recruitment, forced labour, arbitrary detention and displacement. Neither responded to a Reuters request for comment. �"reuters