A/HRC/39/CRP.2 women. She said that six members of her family were raped, including her two nieces aged 10 and 15.2447 1093. Some of the women and girls who were raped in Kyet Yoe Pyin, were then killed.2448 One survivor described eight to ten Tatmadaw soldiers entering the house she was in and taking two young girls to the toilet. She held a child in her lap so that the Tatmadaw would realise that she was a mother and would not rape her. The soldiers threw the child aside; five to six men raped her. She said that she had pain everywhere afterwards and bled until she reached Bangladesh. She heard that the two girls who were taken to the toilet died. 2449 Another female survivor, aged 25, from Kyet Yoe Pyin explained that she was gang raped by four Tatmadaw soldiers in her house during this time. 2450 1094. Despite the “area clearance operations” being focused on an area of central Maungdaw Township, rapes and gang rapes were also perpetrated in Buthidaung Township.2451 A 25year old female interviewee from Maung Gyi Taung described how she was gang raped in her house after her village chairman failed to take girls to the local military compound as instructed. She was severely bitten on her forehead, cheeks and left breast. Having lost consciousness, she does not know how many men raped her. She was pregnant at the time of the rape and miscarried shortly afterwards. 2452 1095. Women and girls were also sexually assaulted and humiliated during intrusive body searches by Tatmadaw soldiers.2453 A 30-years old woman from U Shey Key, Maungdaw Township stated that the military did the “most embarrassing body checks ever – they would put hands inside our tops, press our breasts and pinch our nipples in front of everyone.”2454 Another woman, aged 20 year from Doe Tan, Maungdaw Township described how the military arrived and surrounded her village and invasively searched the women for jewellery and money. Women were made to sit in a field with their heads down and many women had their headscarves taken off.2455 (b) The build-up to 25 August 2017 Since October 2016, life had become so difficult. We were not even allowed to put the light on in our house at night, or buy anything at the bazar. We could not pray. The military did not allow our men to sit in a tea stall or in a coffee shop. We could not go to the hospital, even those who were really ill. Because the lights were off in our house, we could not eat anything at night, so we had to go to bed so early. The military also robbed us and our shops in the market.2456 1096. While systematic discrimination and restrictions had long been part of Rohingya life in Rakhine State, the period following the 9 October 2016 attacks saw an intensification of restrictive measures targeting the Rohingya, particularly in northern Rakhine State. These measures, coupled with the increased presence of security forces on the ground, resulted in a wide spectrum of human rights violations against the Rohingya in the period between October 2016 and August 2017. 2447 2448 2449 2450 2451 2452 2453 2454 2455 2456 CI-106. CI-105, CI-106, EI-054. K-076.28. CI-105. EI-094, EI-095, EI-107. EI-094. CI-105, EI-091, EI-106, K-076.41. K-127. EI-091. LI-084. 259