findings iI: enforcing restrictions on movement
Who punished you for movement?
Actor................ N .................... %
APBn ....................... 144 .................... 96%
Army ...................... 4 ....................... 2.7%
NSI ......................... 4 ....................... 2.7%
I don’t know ............ 1 ........................ 0.7%
Other ..................... 1 ........................ 0.7%
RAB ......................... 0 ....................... 0.0%
Enforcement: Violence
Rohingya respondents reported a number of punitive measures taken by security forces aimed at
preventing their movement. Most survey respondents (62 percent) reported that they had personally
experienced punishments related to movement. Of the punitive measures reported, physical violence
was by far the most common as it was experienced or witnessed by almost all interview respondents.
Beatings with sticks or rods were reported as commonly occurring at checkpoints, along roads, or
within the camps. Respondents reported that beatings could be extreme, resulting in severe or permanent injuries. Rohingya related that these beatings could occur for a wide range of reasons, including
attempting to leave the camp, enter the camp, or transport items into the camps. Beatings could also
be inflicted for something as innocuous as asking police the reason they were being denied exit from
the camp, or even for fervently requesting to be allowed to exit the camp for an emergency. Respondents reported that there was little discrimination in terms of who was targeted for physical violence:
women, men, and children all experience beatings from police related to attempted movement.63
Beatings with sticks or rods were
reported as commonly occurring at
checkpoints, along roads, or within
the camps. Respondents reported that
beatings could be extreme, resulting
in severe or permanent injuries.
63
See Section V: Gender Impacts for further details related to enforcement measures and their gendered impacts.
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