Dhaka, May 20 -- Two years after the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, killed and wounded hundreds of Rohingya Muslims and burned down their village in Myanmar's Rakhine State, the survivors are unable to return home, with many effectively detained, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday.

The Arakan Army has rejected responsibility for the massacre at Hoyyar Siri (Htan Shauk Khan in Burmese), Buthidaung township, which involved grave violations amounting to war crimes.

The 56-page report, titled "'Skeletons and Skulls Scattered Everywhere': Arakan Army Massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Hoyyar Siri, Myanmar," documents the May 2, 2024, attack, in which Arakan Army personnel deliberately fired on unarmed villagers wh...