UN connects Myanmar's rights crisis to illicit rare-earth mining powering global tech supply chains

The UN Human Rights Office reported on August 25, 2026, that Myanmar's human rights situation has reached a new low, with Rohingya facing killings, torture, forced recruitment, and forced labor. OHCHR links the violence to illicit rare-earth mining funding the armed groups responsible. Those minerals feed global tech supply chains, leaving policymakers torn between disrupting a war economy and protecting manufacturing access.