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Junta beheads villager and burns down 21 houses in Long Lone

HURFOM: On December 28th, 2023, a military regiment attacked Sit Byell and Lay Toon Khan villages, in Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. During the attack, junta’s troops beheaded a villager and burnt down 21 houses.

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Junta’s constant artillery attacks force nearly all villagers in Thaton to flee

HURFOM: Constant artillery attacks by the military junta have forced nearly the whole population from Kyone Main village, Kaw Hline village track, Thaton Township, Mon State to flee their homes.

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Junta increases arrests in Dawei City

HURFOM: Since the second week of December, 2023, the military junta has been conducting more arrests in Dawei City, Tenasserim Division, according to the local sources.

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Civilian dies from landmine explosion in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On December 28, 2023, a couple stepped on a landmine in In Ka Bo village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State. The husband was killed by the explosion, and the wife was seriously injured.

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 Mell Ta Yo villager beaten and tortured by Burmese soldiers in Kyikemayaw

HURFOM: On December 30, 2023, junta soldiers beat a 52-year-old Mell Ta Yo villager in Kyikemayaw Township.

Nai Maung Sa lost consciousness from the beating and was abandoned in a nearby rubber plantation. Villagers found him and with the help of a local rescue team arranged for him to get to Mawlamyine General Hospital.

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December 2023: Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

Military Impunity Continues to Thrive as Increased Violence Shows No End of Attacks Perpetrated Against Civilians

Across the last twelve months, the human rights situation in Southeastern Burma and many parts of the country has remained unstable and uncertain. Every day, civilians are forced to make decisions for their survival.

When conflict erupts, there is often no warning, and communities must take what little they can to seek shelter. In many scenarios, no active fighting prompts the junta to fire indiscriminately. Scores of civilians have been killed and injured while going to work, to school or spending time with their loved ones. These patterns of targeted violence by the Burma Army are not new. Still, the increase in retaliatory abuses has been heightened as the junta is now closer than ever to defeat.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Condemns Increasing Violence Against Civilians in Mon State, Burma

[For Immediate Release]
 
Ongoing violations of human rights are being perpetrated by the Burma Army with impunity in Mon State. Between November and December 2023, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) reported a steady increase in crimes against civilians. These violations include arbitrary arrest, destruction of properties, indiscriminate firing of weapons and interrogations that resulted in death. In December 2023, HURFOM documented that 22,000 people in Mon State were forcibly displaced, at least 22 people were injured, and 10 were killed.
Most recently, according to a statement from residents and the Karen National Union, Thaton district, nearly 1,500 people have fled due to artillery weapons launched by the military during a battle at the Win Tar Pan camp near Win Tar Pan village, Bilin Township, Mon State.
 
The following are cases recently reported by the HURFOM. We strongly condemn these attacks and express our utmost concern for those on the ground who are impacted by the ongoing violations of human rights and call for their immediate protection.
 

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Two sisters arrested by junta in Kan Bauk

HURFOM: On December 21, 2023, soldiers from Mawrawaddy Navy Command arrested two sisters from Kan Bauk Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

Both 30-year-old Ma NawN aw Shein and Ma Maw Maw Shein operated a beauty salon in Hle Gone Ward, Kan Bauk Town.

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Pregnant woman killed by artillery explosion in Thaton

HURFOM: On December 19th, 2023, even though there were no armed clashes in the area, the military junta intentionally targeted Kyone Main village, Kaw Hline village tract, located in Thaton Township, Mon State.

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Junta arrests Chair of a social welfare association for social media comments

HURFOM: On December 16th, 2023, Daw Saw Su Su Htwe, the Chair of “Shin Tan Chin Twelve Lat” Social Welfare Association, based in Thu Dhamma Watti New Town, Thaton Township, Mon State was arrested, according to a source close to her family members.

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