A junta spokesman could not be reached for comment on the allegations laid out in an IIMM annual report released on Tuesday (Aug 12), drawing on testimony from nearly 600 eyewitnesses.
It said there had been “systematic commission” of torture including “sexual slavery”, the “burning of sexual body parts with cigarettes or burned objects”, and fingernails being pulled out with pliers.
It also found evidence “indicating that children – ranging from two to 17 years of age – have been detained, often as proxies for their parents”.
“Some of the detained children have been subjected to torture, ill-treatment or sexual and gender-based crimes,” it added.
Source: CNA
