Junta drops bombs on Dhammasa village again: Homes burnt down in nearby villages
April 11, 2024
On April 8th and 9th, 2024, the military junta again launched air assaults and artillery attacks on Dhammasa and nearby villages, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State.
Read moreTwo children injured by junta’s air assault in Kyikemayaw
April 11, 2024
On April 8th, 2024, a military junta launched air assaults on Dhammasa, Ta Ra Nar and Kyune Gone villages, in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State.
As a result, two children from Kyune Gone village, 7-year-old Maung Toe Tet Oo and 16-year-old Ma Phu Phu Zaw Won were injured. Ma Phu Phu Zaw Won’s is in critical condition and she has been sent to the Mawlamyine General Hospital for further treatment, according to sources close to her family.
Read moreFour Mawlamyine residents arrested and charged
April 11, 2024
Four residents from Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State, have been arrested by the junta after being accused of providing financial support to the National Unity Government (NUG) and are charged under the junta’s Anti-Terrorist Act.
Read moreAn express bus attacked in Bilin; one killed and four injured
April 9, 2024
HURFOM: On April 4, 2024, an express bus struck a landmine and was shot at on the Yangon – Mawlamyine Highway near Shwe Yaung Pya village, Bilin Township, Mon State. The driver’s assistant was killed and four passengers were injured.
29-year-old Ko Zin Ko Lat was killed on the spot and three men and a woman were injured.
Read moreFour villagers who disappeared from Thanbyuzayat killed by armed group
April 9, 2024
HURFOM: It has been discovered that four villagers from Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State who disappeared for nearly a month were killed by “Taung Nyo Column” of the 27th Brigade of the Karen National Liberation Army.
The group took responsibility for the murders in a statement made on March 20th, 2024.
Read moreAdministrators extort money from 18-year-olds seeking to avoid compulsory military service.
April 8, 2024
HURFOM: In Chaung Zone Township, Mon State, junta-appointed Administrators are extorting 8,000 MMK from every young man who has turned 18 years old. Administrators claim the money is to hire substitutes for those not want to submit to compulsory military service.
“The Administrator said we must pay 1.5 million MMK every month to support substitutes for compulsory military service. First, they collected money from each household and now, every young man who has already turned 18 years old has to pay more money,” said a resident from Ka Log village, Chaung Zone Township.
Read moreJunta targets village with artillery attacks: Residents insecure
April 8, 2024
HURFOM: On April 2nd, 2024, the military junta’s artillery regiment based in Southern Ye Township, Mon State targeted Ka Log Gyi village with indiscriminate artillery attacks even though there had been no active armed clashes in the area.
The junta assumes “Ye Ba Lue” and other revolutionary forces are active near Ka Log Gyi village and in response the 316th Artillery Regiment launched indiscriminate artillery attacks on nearby areas.
Read moreMore than 1,000 displaced persons in Yebyu unable to return home
April 8, 2024
HURFOM: After revolutionary forces attack by drones, on the “Ma Hwelve Taung” Check-point, located on the border of Mon State and Tenasserim Division, the military junta launched air assaults on Yebyu Township, on March 29, 2024.
The air assault injured a villager and destroyed a house. More than 1,000 residents from Kywe Tha Lin, Log Tie, Yar Phu and Ah Lae Sa Khan villages had to flee their homes.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
April 8, 2024
HURFOM, First Week of April 2024
At the end of March 2024, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released our monthly overview inclusive of several worrying observations, including the impacts of forced conscription and the rise in crime, violence against women and the targeting of political prisoners within junta-run jails. These concerns have only heightened within the first week of April. The military continues to deceive the international community by concealing the fact that prisoners are being killed after inhumane torture.
Read moreJunta’s troops accompanied by “Pyu Saw Htee” group arrest two villagers in Long Lone
April 5, 2024
HURFOM: On March 31st, 2024, two villagers from Sit Pyell village were arrested by the junta’s troops who were accompanied by a “Pu Saw Htee ” group stationed at Kyauk Ne Maw village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.
According to the Kyauk Ne Maw residents, 20-year-old Ko Win Kyaw Thu and 26-year-old Ko Ngae Ngae were arrested at the entrance of the village.
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