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A child and a woman seriously injured in military attack

HURFOM: On December 8, 2021, an unknown armed group attacked a police check-point and the Administration office in Kyaung Yaw village, Ye Township, Mon State. The attacks took place at about 5 and at 8:30 pm and the local military base responded by randomly shooting back with heavy weapons, resulting in a woman and a child being seriously injured.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas [Second Week of December 2021]

It has been a difficult year for the people of Burma who have had every aspect of their lives made much more difficult by the military junta. Business owners over the last week were targeted as the regime increases its targeting of those on suspicion of being affiliated with various civilian armed groups across the country.

Ko Pyae Sone Oo, age 40 and the owner of Rice & Curry from Naught-Lae Ward, Myeik was killed in the junta’s detention centers on December 6, according to a family member who were called to pick up the body at a cemetery. Soldiers arrested and detained him on accusations of being a supporter of the People’s Defense Forces on 4 December. 

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Locals feel flee their homes due to recent armed clashes

HURFOM: On December 7, 2021, an armed clash between the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Burmese army broke out near the Lane Maw Chan and Kanin Kamaw villages, in Ye Township, Mon State.

Worried residents have now fled their villages and plantations. 

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HURFOM Marks the 73rd annual International Human Rights Day by Releasing a New Briefing Paper, “Trajectory of Terror,” which finds dozens of human rights violations committed by the Burma Army in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi region

HURFOM: Ten months of terror have passed since the Burma Army orchestrated a failed coup on 1 February. “Trajectory of Terror,” is a new briefing paper by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) which outlines human rights violations committed in Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region perpetrated by the military junta between the end of February until the end of November 2021. Military impunity is emboldening the junta to commit more atrocities.

On Human Rights Day, HURFOM expresses grave concern over the lack of safety civilians are being forced to contend with amid the junta’s dark crusade for power and control. HURFOM calls for an immediate forfeiting of powers by the Burmese military and an end to the violence which has killed hundreds and injured many more, including the elderly, women and children. [Download in English]

The human rights situation in Burma has spiraled out of control. The increased violence and negligence wielded by the military Generals has left millions without food and shelter. Civilians do not feel safe in the country. Homes are being looted, and villages are being burned to the ground in deliberate acts of arson by the junta. Members of political opposition parties and human rights defenders have been forced into hiding. Children are being denied the right to be educated safely as military soldiers roam schools and use classrooms as bases. Livelihoods have been crippled as landmines litter farms and encircle villages, making leaving for food and work a life or death prospect. This sabotage of survival has been brought on willfully by the Burma Army.

HURFOM fieldworkers have spoken to witnesses on the ground who detailed arbitrary arrests, abductions and assaults on fundamental freedoms of residents in our target areas. The violence has created an unstable environment where hundreds are fleeing persecution and fearful for what their futures hold.

A response by the international community which meets the gravity of the peril’s civilians are being confronted with on a daily basis is long overdue. As the year ends, it is with the most profound urgency that HURFOM reiterates calls of our network and allies to respond to the many crises which are worsening daily.

Media Contact
Nai Aue Mon, HURFOM Program Director, Email: info@rehmonnya.org, Signal: +66 86 167 9741

HURFOM was founded by exiled pro-democracy students from the 1988 uprisings, recent activists and Mon community leaders and youth. Its primary objective is the restoration of democracy, human rights and genuine peace in Burma. HURFOM is a non-profit organization, and all its members are volunteers with a shared vision for peace in the country.

Source confirms military junta monitoring social media posts leading to arrests

HURFOM: According to a source close to the Mon State military junta, anti-coup activists are being monitored via their social media posts.

“Many anti-coup activists have been arrested based on their activities on social media. They aren’t aware that the military junta is watching them.  The junta has a major project underway monitoring social media leading to activists being arrested,” said a source close to the Mon State military junta.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas (First Week of December 2021)

A weekly update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) on the situation on the ground. Summary data includes Mon State, Karen State, and Dawei Region.

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UEC continues to try and extend military’s power by implementing a PR system

HURFOM: The Union Election Commission (UEC), which is controlled by the military junta, has met three times with select political parties to discuss the possible implementation of a proportionally representation (PR) system for the next general election.  A fourth meeting has now been scheduled to take place from December 24 to 26, 2021.

The 2008 constitution, which was drafted by the military ensures they hold 25% of the seats in parliament, along with a number of senior level positions within government.   The UEC’s rush to advance any PR system is seen as nothing more than an attempt to brazenly legitimize the military’s power, say some Mon politicians.

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Monthly Overview of Violations in Target Areas (November 2021)

HURFOM:

Across the month of November, the human rights situation continued to worsen. Mounting evidence of the military junta’s war crimes, and crimes against humanity are evident across the country. In HURFOM areas of Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, more civilians are being forcibly displaced from their homes due to a growing presence of soldiers. [Download Report in PDF]

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas (Fourth Week of November)

A weekly update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) on the situation on the ground. Summary data includes Mon State, Karen State and Dawei Region.

It has been almost ten months since the military initiated a sabotage of Myanmar following an unjust and unsuccessful coup. HURFOM has continued to document the dwindling state of affairs which has resulted in economic, social and humanitarian downfalls. 

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Military junta introduces new rules on charity/rescue teams, limiting their ability to provide community services

HURFOM: Charity and rescue teams in Mon State are being pressured by the military junta to submit registrations for their organizations and not to use vehicles without a license.  As a result most groups based in wards and villages will have to stop their activities. There are approximately 400 emergency/charity/rescue teams in Mon State.

“There is no instruction letter yet but the Township Administrators called us and verbally gave us the information. Most rescue teams have to use unlicensed vehicles. If they aren’t allowed to do so, it is difficult to operate. It is not only the vehicle issue but there is also a registration problem. If a rescue team doesn’t have a registration, they will be dissolved — most of the ward/village base groups will have to stop their activities,” said Bo Bo Win, the chair of Mawlamyine Emergency Rescue Team.

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