The already dire human rights situation in Myanmar has plunged to a "new low," the United Nations has warned, with illegal mining and scam centres fuelling the crisis.
The UN human rights office denounced the "ever-worsening brutal abuse" of the Rohingya minority and the "devastating impact" of illicit economies, including mining for rare earths.
Myanmar's ruling junta seized power in a coup on 1 February 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.
Over the past five years, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed across all sides as the military battles an array of pro-democracy and ethnic-minority rebels.
Covering 1 June 2025-31 May 2026, the report "depicts a picture of suffering, misery, and cruelty on multiple levels and across the country that is heartbreaking," UN rights chief Volker Türk said in a statement.
