21 Rohingya women recall rape horrors perpetrated by Myanmar security forces
The use of rape by Myanmar’s armed forces has been sweeping and methodical, The Associated Press found in interviews with 29 Rohingya Muslim women and girls now in Bangladesh.
They were interviewed separately, come from a variety of villages in Myanmar and now live spread across several refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Yet their stories were hauntingly similar.
Despite scores of reports to the contrary, including a United Nations report, Myanmar's military continues to deny its soldiers raped any Rohingya women. A UN envoy has said the sexual abuse "could be crimes against humanity".
Here are the accounts as told by 21 women and girls.
They agreed to be identified in this story by their first initial only, out of fear the military will kill them or their families.
Warning: The accounts below contain graphic details some readers may find disturbing.