Rohingya refugees tell of rape, torture and arson by Myanmar troops

Teknaf, Bangladesh // Habiba and her sister's account of being gang raped by Myanmar troops is shockingly common among the thousands of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh to escape the military's violence. "They tied both of us to the bed and raped us one by one," said 20-year-old Habiba, who has now found shelter with a Rohingya refugee family a few kilometres from the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. "We're almost starving here. But at least no one is coming here to kill or torture," said Hashim Ullah, Habiba's older brother who escaped with his sisters. Habiba and her sister Samira, 18, say they were raped in their home in Udang village by troops who then burnt down their...