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The HURFOM was founded by pro-democracy students from the 1988 uprising and more recent activists and Mon community leaders and youths, and it main aim is for the restoration of democracy, human rights and genuine peace in Burma. HURFOM is a non-profit organization and all its members are volunteers who have the same opinion for the same aim. HURFOM has six main projects, namely;

  • Human Rights Documentation and Dissemination Project
  • Human Rights Data Management and Advocacy Project
  • Human Rights and Civic Education Project,
  • Human Rights Defenders Project,
  • Civil Society Development Project
  • Mon Newspaper Project

Human Rights Documentation and Dissemination Project
HURFOM human rights field workers collect information on human rights violations in both urban and rural areas in Mon State, Karen State and Tenasserim Division, such as collecting facts and SPDC orders’ to village leaders, taking photos of the places where human rights abuses are committed and consulting with community leaders and victims. Most human rights workers also reside in these villages and camps, keep contact with the main office and receive instructions from main office about when and where to travel to document these cases.
This “Human Rights Documentation and Dissemination Project” has two main activities:

  • Monthly Production of “The Mon Forum” publication
  • Human Rights Documentation Awareness Workshop/Training
  • Production of special report

HR Data Management and Advocacy Project
There is a relation between human rights data management systematically and advocacy to the international community. HURFOM believes that although it has involved in some advocacy activities and collaborated campaign with other organizations, but it needs to conduct systematic data management and effectively involve in advocacy activities.
HURFOM has the following activities in this 2007-2008 Project Year under this project

  • Martus human rights bulletin system
  • Human rights database and communication flow technical skills
  • Video documentary
  • Advocacy tools production