Burma’s military has continued to use rape as a weapon of war even after a nominally civilian government was elected in 2010, a women’s group says. The Women’s League of Burma said it had documented more than 100 cases, some involving children as young as eight. Most rapes were carried out in areas where the army were still fighting armed ethnic groups. The government in Burma, also known as Myanmar, said using rape was not army policy and cases should be reported. But most of the cases were linked to conflict in the border areas of Kachin and Northern Shan State. Nearly half of the cases were gang rapes, and 28 women were killed or died of their injuries. Rape is still used as an instrument of war and oppression.
Sexual violence is still used as a tool by some militarypersons to demoralize and destroy ethnic communities.
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