Myanmar's Chin state: Torture and rapeallegations against the military, BBC finds BBC News

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Myanmar's military junta government is facing anarmed challenge to its rule in several parts of the country.

In the Chin state in the west of Myanmar, ethnicresistance groups have managed to push the militaryjunta out of several areas near the country's westernborder and battles are currently raging as they fight togain control of more territory.

The BBC has had rare access to the state and hasseen evidence of how the Burmese army havelaunched a campaign of torture, abduction and murder to stop youngsters from joining rebel fighters.

Myanmar's military is yet to respond to the BBC'squestions about these allegations.

The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from western Myanmar.

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