Many residents suffer catastrophic injuries from recurrent Ah Nan Kwin battles
December 17, 2024
HURFOM: Since August 18th, 2024, there have been frequent and sustained armed clashes between the military junta and the Karen National Liberation Army and its alliances in areas near the Ah Nan Kwin military base and alongside Three Pagoda Pass – Thanbyuzayat Highway Road, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State and Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State.
Read moreTwenty children disappear without a trace in Three Pagoda Pass
December 16, 2024
HURFOM: According to local sources, in the third week of November, 2024, 13 children from Taung Wine Ward, Three Pagoda Pass Town, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State have disappeared without a trace. On the single day of December 6th, 2024, another seven children suffered the same fate.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Fears of Forced Evictions by the Junta Worsen Displacement Crisis
December 16, 2024
Land grabs by the military junta have been a long-standing threat to the security of local people. A decades-old tactic deployed to exert control over ethnic lands and territory in targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), civilians are concerned about the possibility of further displacement. In Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, forced evictions are frightening communities.
The military junta has ordered the demolition of over 50 homes and shops in Ye Town, Mon State, accusing the residents of illegal land encroachment.
Read morePregnant woman shot by Ah Sin militia group dies at hospital
December 13, 2024
HURFOM: On November 25th, 2024, a local militia group stationed at the entrance of Ah Sin village, Ye Township, Mon State shot at and arrested four young men who were riding two motorbikes. A pregnant woman who was in the area was shot and injured during the shooting.
Read moreJunta shoots two men riding same motorbike and injures another
December 13, 2024
HURFOM: On December 4th, 2024, junta’s forces shot two men who were riding the same motorbike in Yar Phu village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division and one of them was injured by the shooting.
Yar Phu residents – 35-year-old Ko Min Khant and his friend were returning to the village from Ye Town by motorbike when junta troops at the “Kalop security gate” shot at them.
Read moreJunta arrests owners of unlicensed vehicles and then extorts them
December 12, 2024
HURFOM: Since December 4th, 2024, the military junta has been conducting more arrests of owners of unlicensed vehicles at the Thadar Phyu (White Bridge) security gate, Ye Township, Mon State. According to local sources, after arresting the owners, they are then being extorted by the military.
Read moreRoad block by junta creates hardships for local villagers
December 11, 2024
HURFOM: Since the third week of November, 2024, the military junta has blocked part of the road between Kyaung Yaw and Sone Pa Dauk villages, Ye Township, Mon State. These road closures have created problems for plantation workers and local villagers.
Read moreJunta’s indiscriminate artillery attack injures plantation worker
December 11, 2024
HURFOM: On December 2nd, 2024, the military junta launched indiscriminate artillery attacks on Sin Kuu village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division which injured a plantation worker.
Read moreJunta extorts money in Ye to support conscripts
December 11, 2024
HURFOM: Since December 1st, 2024, the military junta has been extorting money from households in various wards in Ye Town, Mon State. Households have had to pay 10,000 MMK.
The ward Administrators delivered invitation letters entitled “to have a discussion” to homes, and then extorted 10,000 MMK from residents who had come to their meeting.
Read moreJunta arrests and kills former village administrator
December 11, 2024
HURFOM: On December 1st, 2024, the military junta arrested a former village administrator and five of his co-workers in 7-mile village, Kaw Thaung Township, Tenasserim Division. the arrests took place at their homes.
The six arrested men were detained at a military strategic base in 6-mile village. On December 4th, the junta sent back the dead body of the former administrator to his family members.
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