Myanmar commanders should be punished for rape of Rohingya: Human Rights Watch

A Rohingya woman walks through Thae Chaung refugee camp outside Sittwe November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Minzayar

YANGON (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Monday called for Myanmar to punish army and police commanders if they allowed troops to rape and sexually assault women and girls of the Rohingya Muslim minority.

The New York-based campaign group said it had documented rape, gang rape and other sexual violence against girls as young as 13 in interviews with some of the 69,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar security forces responded to attacks on border posts four months ago.