Unsolved Human Rights Issues in Ethnic Mon Areas of Myanmar/Burma during the Democratic Transition
By Nai Kasauh Mon ASTRACT Burma is in a democratic transition having been previously under seven years of semi-military leadership led by U Thein Sein. After the 2015 democratic elections,... Read more
Drug use on the rise: Unsupported belief in health benefits of kratom leaf risking Mon youth’s future
HURFOM: According to a 2017 report by the Mon Youth Progressive Organization (MYPO), drug use in some ethnic areas, throughout Burma is on the rise. MYPO interviewed 500 people from 10 townships in Mon... Read more
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HURFOM’s World Press Freedom Day 2019 Statement
Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is celebrating World Press Freedom Day. HURFOM believes that a free and independent press is the...
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Mon State salt farmers suffer huge losses for two consecutive yearsHURFOM: Salt farmers from Pa Nga village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State suffered another huge loss due to heavy rains and flooding that began in early August of this year....
Flood victims feel extorted for transportation fees for donated materialsHURFOM: According to local sources, the village Administrator in Pauk Pin Kwin village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was charging (2,000) kyats to each household that...
Government appoints 340 ethnic language teaching assistants in Mon StateHURFOM: The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs have jointly appointed over 300 non-Burmese ethnic language “teaching assistants” in government schools...
Minorities concerned their ethnic titles may be lostHURFOM: Non-Burmese ethnic minorities are expressing concerns their ethnic titles may gradually disappear due to an electoral and other formal registration systems that appears...
Government committee provides no solution for air pollutionHURFOM: On May 4, 2018, local people from Mawlamyine in Mon State called for the government to shut down air polluting factories in the Industrial Zone of Nyaung Pin Seik...
Survivors question management of Vice President’s donationHURFOM: On August 9, 2019, 27 houses were damaged and 72 people died in a landslide in Ye Pyar Gone village, Thel Phyu Gone village track, Paung Township, Mon State. The...
Locals demand government to protect them from possible landslideHURFOM: Since 2018, the Sarsanar 2500 Monastery located at Sit Kel Kone Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State has been constructing a four-story building on a hill on the monastery...
Heavy rain submerged 87,000 acres. Over 14,000 acres of farmland destroyed in Mon StateHURFOM: In August, 2019, due to heavy rains throughout Mon State, 87,000 acres of farmland were submerged due to flood waters. As of August 23, 2019, the Mon State Department...
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- Mon State salt farmers suffer huge losses for two consecutive years
- Flood victims feel extorted for transportation fees for donated materials
- Government appoints 340 ethnic language teaching assistants in Mon State
- Minorities concerned their ethnic titles may be lost
- Government committee provides no solution for air pollution
- Survivors question management of Vice President’s donation
- Locals demand government to protect them from possible landslide
- Drug use on the rise: Unsupported belief in health benefits of kratom leaf risking Mon youth’s future
- Heavy rain submerged 87,000 acres. Over 14,000 acres of farmland destroyed in Mon State
- Baw Naw Hkee villagers lose right to vote for three consecutive elections
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