Mon Youth Targeted in Junta’s Batch No. 14 Conscription Drive Using Fear and Petty Charges

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: Across Mon State, fear is growing as the junta steps up its forced recruitment campaign under Batch No. 14 of military training. According to HURFOM’s field reporters, youth in townships like Thanbyuzayat, Mawlamyine, and Mudon are being rounded up and sent to military camps—many without formal charges, legal process, or even explanation to their families.

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Refugees at Risk: HURFOM Demands Protection and Support for Burma’s Displaced on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2025

For Immediate Release

Today, on World Refugee Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), condemns all forms of violence perpetrated against refugees and conflict-affected communities and urges immediate attention and a response to their struggle.  With fears growing about further military operations, thousands of people in HURFOM target areas of Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region face ongoing threats to their daily survival as the junta conducts daily campaigns of terror. 

Since the illegal coup in 2021, the junta’s ongoing violence has forced more than 3.5 million people across the country to flee their homes. Communities that have been routinely uprooted continue to be targeted by the junta, despite their peaceful nature. Their attacks have not spared religious sites, hospitals, schools, or residential areas. The gendered impacts of the refugee crisis cannot be overlooked. Vulnerabilities for all women and girls are heightened due to the widespread impunity for perpetrators, including repeat offenders.

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Junta arrests Maw Ka Nin villager

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: At about 7 pm on June 16th, 2024, the Maw Ka Nin based 106th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) arrested U Phoe Tote.  He is in his 40s, and is from the 3rd Ward, Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State. The regiment accused him of having a connection with the Ye People’s Defense Force (YPDF).  An excessive number of troops were sent to arrest him at his home.

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Junta Forces Arbitrarily Arrest Young Couple in Yebyu Township Without Evidence

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: Junta forces have arbitrarily arrested a young married couple in Paya village, accusing them without clear evidence of having links to anti-regime resistance forces, according to local residents.

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Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks frighten villagers and plantation workers

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: Since June 17th, 2025, the R Yu Taung based 343rd Light Infantry Battalion has been targeting R Yu Taung village and nearby areas in Ye Township, Mon State with indiscriminate artillery attacks.  There have been no active armed clashes in the area. The junta has justified their actions by claiming that members of the People’s Defense Force were active around the village.

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Armed conflict forces residents in Pa Ya and nearby villages to flee

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: In the morning of June 15th, 2025, joint resistance groups launched simultaneous attacks on four military bases in “Shwe Moe Nyo” Pagoda and nearby areas in Pa Ya village, Kan Bauk region, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

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Female motorist fined for not wearing brassiere in Mudon

June 20, 2025

HURFOM: On June 17th, 2025, a 40-year-old woman from Myo Ma 4th Ward, Mudon Town, Mon State was returning from a shopping trip, when she was stopped by a joint traffic team conducting a check for unlicensed vehicles.

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Entire population of Pine Yat village flees their community

June 19, 2025

HURFOM: Pine Yat village is located on the border of Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State and Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. It has 220 houses and the village population is approximately 500 residents.

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Junta Forces Escalate Ground Operations in Laung Lon, Causing New Wave of Displacement

June 18, 2025

HURFOM: Troop movements and intensified ground operations by the junta’s Coastal Regiment Command in Laung Lon Township, Tanintharyi Region, have once again forced hundreds of civilians to flee their homes as fear and insecurity grow across multiple villages.

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Dozens of Villagers Arbitrarily Arrested Amid Junta Troop Movements in Laung Lone Township

June 18, 2025

HURFOM: At least 30 local villagers have been arbitrarily arrested by junta forces advancing through villages near Laung Lone town in Dawei District, according to family members of those detained and local residents.

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