"Raped Me While I Was Eight Months Pregnant"
19-Year-Old Rohingya Woman Recounts Being Tormented By Myanmar Soldier
By Malaysian Digest
February 16, 2017
In a remote village in Arakan, 19-year-old Senu Ara was
eight months pregnant when she was raped by a Myanmar military.
She was counting the days; waiting for the birth of her
second child, when the vile military man broke into her home and caused a
ruckus.
But unfortunately, things escalated for the worst when he
shot her husband dead and proceeded to rape her.
“The man covered his face and raped me while I was eight
months pregnant,” Senu recounted her ordeal to Utusan Malaysia with the help of
a translator.
“I no longer have anyone because my husband was killed. I
thought I could escape the soldiers by fleeing the village, but regardless
where we are, they will continue to oppress us.”
Senu now resides at the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Leda,
Bangladesh, with her two-year-old son.
Who would’ve thought that such vile act of cruelty would
be the fate of a woman who was heavily pregnant – but that is the sad and
heartbreaking reality that every Rohingya women face.
Last November, The Express Tribune reported that
20-year-old Habiba and her 18-year-old sister were tied to their beds by the
Myanmar soldiers and repeatedly raped them one by one.
“They tied both of us to the bed and raped us one by
one,” Habiba said.
“They torched most of the houses, killed numerous people
including our father and raped many young girls,” as she recounted how the
soldiers ambushed their home and burnt it to the ground.
“One of the soldiers told us before leaving that they
will kill us if they see us around the next time they come here. Then they
torched our house.”
Fortunately, the two girls and their older brother Hashim
Ullah have found shelter with a Rohingya refugee family just a few kilometres
away 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.