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
An issue we must not leave behind Burma is a patriarchal society where, despite Aung San Suu Kyi’s high profile, gender inequality still exists. Women are still denied equal rights and continue to face... Read more
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Don’t let your mind be destroyed: a commentary on the sharp increase of drug use in Mon areas
A generation lost to drug use The New Mon State Party has put up signs in front of and around villages in Mon state, urging residents to come together...
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Two hundred people left to rebuild their homes and livelihoods from scratch after fire in Chaungzone TownshipThirty-six houses burnt to the ground in April as a fire ripped through A Pyine village, Kalaw village tract, in Chaungzone Township, resulting in 60,000,000 kyat (US $44,362.99)...
Family learns of daughter’s rape by monk over social mediaIn August 2017, a 46-year-old monk who was teaching at a Mon Literature summer school in Lawka Thukha Monastery in Kwan Hlar village, Mudon Township in Mon State, repeatedly...
Parents struggling to pay for extra classes needed to graduateWCRP: Even before the start of the new school year, middle school and high school students in Mon State start their “tutoring” classes—fee-based extra study sessions...
Victims of land confiscation continue to be ignored under new governmentIn 1989, the Burma Army’s South East Command confiscated nearly 200 acres of farmland in Hmaw Sin (1) Ward, Zay Yar Thiri Region, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State. It was...
Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drugsRepresentatives from the Mon State National-level Political Dialogue which was held in Ye Township from May 5 to 7, 2018 have urged the military and the ethnic armed organizations...
Defense Security Agency continues to surveil civiliansThe Defense Security Agency, a special intelligence service formed by the Myanmar military, continues to collect information related to civic activities, according to the...
Locals call for the shutdown of antimony factories in Mon State if the government fails to control the factories’ air pollutionHURFOM: On May 4, 2018, local people from Mawlamyine, Mon State called for the government to shut down Myanmar Shin Shin Antimony Purifying Factory and Myanmar San Zaw Antimony...
Local farmers upset with lack of compensation for land use in electricity projectFarmers in three townships in Mon State are upset with Khin Maung Nyunt Co. Ltd. after the company failed to pay compensation for using their land. Approximately 21 local...
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- Two hundred people left to rebuild their homes and livelihoods from scratch after fire in Chaungzone Township
- Family learns of daughter’s rape by monk over social media
- Parents struggling to pay for extra classes needed to graduate
- Victims of land confiscation continue to be ignored under new government
- Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drugs
- Defense Security Agency continues to surveil civilians
- Locals call for the shutdown of antimony factories in Mon State if the government fails to control the factories’ air pollution
- Local farmers upset with lack of compensation for land use in electricity project
- Controversially erupts after GAD dismisses two elected village administrators in Kyaikmayaw Township
- Andin locals practice mangrove forest conservation
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