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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas (17 May – 23 May 2021)

HURFOM, Mawlamyine: Security forces continue to wage war against civilians with impunity. According to HURFOM data, there were 12 cases of looting, confiscation, and destruction of property and mobile devices, as well as an additional 30+ cases of motorcycles being stolen by military troops in Dawei. There was approximately six million Myanmar Kyat confiscated. Of those arrested, one includes a Myanmar Red Cross Society member and medical doctors. The youngest detainee arrested this week is 17 years old.

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Kyarinnseikyi residents consider relocation due to armed clashes

HURFOM: The possibility of armed clashes in Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State is causing Mon residents to consider leaving  their homes and moving to Mudon Township in Mon State.

The area is controlled by the Karen and Mon Ethnic Armed Organization. 

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Military junta to open schools but suspends more than 3,000 teachers in Mon State

HURFOM: The military junta has been trying to open schools for the 2021-22 academic year but it also suspended 3,181 schoolteachers and educational staff including 13 headmasters and headmistresses in Mon State.

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Security tightens after NUG announces formation of PDF

HURFOM: On May 5, 2021, the National Unity Government (NUG) announced a People Defence Force (PDF) has been formed to end the terrorist acts of the military junta.

Following this announcement, the military junta tightened its security at the entrances of the towns and within downtowns across  Mon State.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM targetted Areas (25 April – 9 May 2021)

Weekly HURFOM update on the situation in #Karen #Mon & #Dawei since the military coup. Human rights violations are on the rise.
⚠️166+ Arrested
⚠️ 140+ Detained
⚠️ 7+ Injured
⚠️ 8 Killed
⚠️ 280 Arrest Warrants Issued
HURFOM recorded at least 370 motos and 5 cars confiscated, 50 cases of phone & money confiscation. The junta has specifically targeted young people and activists in the education sector.

MUP should reconsider cooperation with military council

HURFOM: The Mon Unity Party (MUP), which represents the whole Mon population, has cooperated with the military council, however, Mon activists say, there is no obvious benefit to the Mon people.

“I think there must be “give and take”. The Arakan party said this clearly. The Mon party must do the same. After cooperating with the military council, how much can we discuss our demands, and how can we achieve our goals? In my opinion, as of today, we’ve got nothing, but the military has been killing the people. So the MUP must reconsider the cooperation, said one Mon leader.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas (25 April – 9 May, 2021)

Weekly update on the situation in #Karen #Mon & #Dawei since the #coup. HRVs on the rise.

• 166+ Arrested
• 140+ Detained
• 7+ Injured
• 8 Killed

280 Arrest Warrants Issued HURFOM recorded at least 370 motos & 5 cars confiscated, 50 cases of phone & money confiscation

Military council amends law denying legal aid to detainees

HURFOM: The military council amended the “Legal Aid Law 2016” on April 29, 2021. A significant change was the removal of specific text.  The military removed language stating the purpose of the was to provide legal aid, in order “to eliminate/end unlawful arrests.”

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Right to information has a 30 year history: Now in jeopardy

HURFOM: During the last  three months, since the February 1 coup, the military junta has cut off mobile internet; limited Wifi services; abolished licenses of 5 news agencies; unjustly arrested reporters and filed lawsuits against both journalists and media outlets.   The result has been that the public right to  information has hit rock bottom. 

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Military junta must be held accountable for mass killings

HURFOM: Since February 1, 2021 in what is being called the Burma Spring Revolution, more than 700 innocent people have been killed by the armed forces also known as the Tatmadaw.  

General Yawd Serk, Acting Leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) on  April 26, 2021 indicated that the leaders of the military junta must be held accountable for mass killings committed  by their troops.

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