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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
In Myanmar, Rape Has Become A Weapon Against Rohingya
More than 500,000 Rohingya have fled from the ethnic cleansings and massacres in Myanmar during the last weeks. All of them are in neighbouring Bangladesh, where the situation is devastating too.
Many members of the Muslim minority now share their stories, or to be more clear: They tell of the nightmare they faced in Myanmar when the military attacked their villages.
"I was raped just 13 days ago," said Ayesha Begum, a Rohingya refugee.
Ayesha was not the only woman. In fact, countless Rohingya women have been raped by Burmese security forces during the last weeks. But Ayesha had the luck that she survived while many other women — including two of her sisters — were murdered after the rape.
For several hours, Ayesha was raped by twelve soldiers.
In Myanmar, rape has become one of the main weapons against helpless Rohingya women. Many survivors and witnesses have shared accounts of women and girls being raped, then locked inside houses that were torched.
This is the sad and cruel reality of the Rohingya, who have been described by the UN, already years ago, as the most persecuted minority worldwide.
