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Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks kill child in Yar Phu village

HURFOM: On September 8^th, 2025, despite there being no active armed clash in the area, the military junta targeted Yar Phu village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a three-year-old child and severely injured a 40-year-old man.

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Truck Driver and Assistant Killed, Vehicle Burned in Junta Shooting on Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung Road

HURFOM: On September 6, along the Kalein Aung–Ma Hlwe Taung road near Mayan Chaung village, ordinary travelers once again paid the price of the junta’s brutality. A cargo truck came under heavy fire from soldiers, leaving the driver and his assistant dead as their vehicle burst into flames. Local drivers described the terrifying scene: the sound of gunfire echoing, vehicles stranded on the road, and no one daring to move until the shooting stopped. By then, the truck was already reduced to ashes.

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Many young men arrested in Mudon and locals worry about sending them to military training

HURFOM: On September 1^st, 2025, an informant who worked for the military junta was shot and killed by the resistant forces in Mudon Town, Mudon Township, Mon State.

After the incident, the junta’s forces have tightened security in downtown areas such as Kan Gyi and Chaung Hna Kwa roads and entrance and exit of the town and arrested many young men.

“But we don’t know the exact number of the arrested,” said a Mudon resident.

However, the locals are worrying that the military junta would forcefully send the arrested young men to the 16^th Batch of the military training for conscripts.

“Now, it’s difficult to get substitutes for conscripts so the junta’s forces are targeting young men who go outside at night,” said a local source.

The junta ordered the ward administrators that each ward in Mudon Town must send two young men per military training for conscripts.

The residents had to pay five million MMK to hire a substitute for conscript; however, it is difficult to get a substitute during these weeks. Therefore, the junta has been targeting local young men.

Each household in Mudon has to pay a monthly conscription fee of 20,000 MMK to hire substitutes for conscripts since early August, 2025.

Fear and Intimidation Rise in Mon State as Junta Deploys Militias to Secure Control Before December Election

HURFOM: In Mon State, the Junta-appointed Chief Minister, U Aung Kyi Thein, has ordered officials to ensure that there are “no disturbances or obstacles” during the regime’s planned sham election in December 2025. His directive, issued on 4 September at a meeting in the Mawlamyine Government Office with state-level department staff, underscores how the junta is weaponizing security forces and militias to tighten control over communities.

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Weekly Analysis: Junta-Backed Militias in Mawlamyine Threaten and Terrorize Villagers Ahead of Sham Elections

The military junta has announced that it will move forward with its sham election at the end of December 2025. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has strongly condemned this illegal attempt to assert its stolen rule. Across our targeted areas of Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, junta-backed security forces and allies have begun implementing fear-mongering tactics to ensure the junta’s victory.

In Mawlamyine, Mon State, junta-backed militias under the banner of “People’s Security Forces” and allied groups are increasingly behaving like criminal gangs. Instead of providing protection, they have been abusing power, harassing locals, and spreading fear.

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Young man beaten after being wrongfully accused of substance abuse

HURFOM: On August 28^th, 2025, a 21-year-old male from Taung Pauk village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State was arrested and beaten by the members of the New Mon State Party (AD – Anti Military Dictatorship) after being accused of abusing substances.

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Drone attack on school injures three teachers and student

HURFOM: On September 3^rd, 2025, the military junta used drones to attack a school operated under the Karen Education and Culture Department (KECD) in Naung Ta Khee village, Peta Kha village tract, Pine Kyone Township, Hpa-An District, Karen State.

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Family steps on landmine –baby killed in explosion

HURFOM: On September 1^st, 2025, a family from Ma Yan Chaung village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division stepped on a landmine beside the Ye – Dawei Highway Road.  Their two-year-old baby was killed in the resulting explosion.

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Drone Attack in Kyaikmayaw Kills Civilian and Injures Several Others

HURFOM: Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State – Local residents continue to face unsafe lives as junta forces escalate their use of drones to target resistance checkpoints along civilian routes. On the afternoon of September 1, at around 4:00 p.m., junta troops dropped at least four bombs from a drone over a resistance-operated checkpoint near Koh Doon village, Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, entrance road.

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ND-Burma Report Exposes Worsening Human Rights Crisis in Burma, Calls for Urgent International Action

On 3 September 2025, the Network for Human Rights Documentation–Burma (ND-Burma) released its first biannual report of the year, “Solidarity in the Struggle,” which documents the grave human rights situation between January and June 2025. The report draws upon verified testimonies and field data from ND-Burma member organizations, including the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), and underscores the deepening suffering of civilians as military violence intensifies nationwide.

According to the report, ND-Burma members documented 320 human rights violations through 188 events across 12 regions and states during the first half of the year. Of these, 158 cases were attributed to junta forces, five to police, eight to various militias, seven to Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs), one to a People’s Defense Force (PDF) group, and nine where the perpetrator could not be clearly identified. The sheer scale and variety of perpetrators demonstrate the complex and fragile environment civilians are forced to endure.

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