Airstrike in Thayetchaung Township Wounds Four Civilians, Triggers Mass Displacement
October 7, 2025
HURFOM: On 5 October 2025, the junta launched an airstrike on Thae Chaung Gyi Village in Thayetchaung Township, Dawei District, deliberately targeting civilians in an area where no clashes were taking place. Four villagers, including a ten-year-old girl and a 91-year-old woman, were seriously wounded.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Sexual Violence in Burma Demands an Urgent Response to Ensure Women’s Safety and Protection
October 6, 2025
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has confirmed another appalling case of sexual violence committed by junta troops in Bokpyin Township, Myeik District, where a young woman was repeatedly raped after being arrested. On September 20, soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 358 forced two married women from Sakan Thar Village (locally known as Yae Bet Village), under Htawng Sone Ma Hek village tract, to accompany them as guides. The troops were camped nearby in Bodaw Village.
According to residents, the soldiers beat one of the women, aged around 30, before releasing her. The other, a 20-year-old woman whose husband was not at home, was taken away and raped multiple times.
“They took her away deliberately. This was intentional — they wanted to commit sexual violence. She was violated again and again,” said one villager who asked not to be named.
Read moreJunta Burns 12 Civilian Homes in Ekkani Village Amid Heavy Clashes
October 5, 2025
HURFOM: Heavy clashes erupted in Ekkani Village, Yebyu Township, Dawei District, inside the Dawei Special Economic Zone, leaving at least 12 civilian homes destroyed after junta troops deliberately set them on fire.
Read moreHURFOM Releases Latest Voice Up Briefing Highlighting Gendered Impacts of Junta Violence
October 3, 2025
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has published the third issue of its quarterly Voice Up series, documenting the worsening gendered impacts of the attempted coup in Southeastern Burma. Covering the period of July to September 2025, the report highlights alarming levels of violence targeting women and children across Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region.
According to HURFOM’s field data, 18 women were killed, 53 were injured, and 28 were arbitrarily arrested during this reporting period. At least 15 children were killed and another 27 were wounded. Many of these attacks took place in areas where there was no active fighting, underscoring the junta’s deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians.
Read moreThree young men arrested in Thaton
October 3, 2025
HURFOM: On September 30th, 2025, 22-year-old Oak Kar Kyaw, 17-year-old Khant Thu Aung and 16-year-old Aung Thu Zin, all from Paw Daw Mu village, Thaton Township, Mon State were arrested by a junta patrol team while sitting at a public pavilion in the village.
Read moreJunta’s army arrests and sends nearly 30 teenagers to military training school
October 3, 2025
HURFOM: On September 28th, 2025, a junta’s regiment advanced into Karen Lay Sake village, Thaton Township, Mon State and arrested nearly 30 teenagers.
The regiment consisting of about 70 troops entered the village at approximately 5 am and arrested the children at their homes.
Read moreJunta’s army arrests and extorts young men in Lamine
October 3, 2025
HURFOM: On September 28th, 2025, the ward administrator and the hundred-household leader of Myo Ma (1) Ward, Lamine Town, Ye Township, Mon State were shot and killed by revolutionary forces.
According to local sources, immediately following the incident, the army tightened its security at the village roads and began arresting young men and extorting money from them.
Read moreTwo Days of Fighting in Yebyu Township Forces Over Six Villages to Flee
October 2, 2025
HURFOM: Clashes between junta forces and allied resistance groups have raged for two consecutive days near Aye Kani village, located inside the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Yebyu Township, Dawei District. The violence has forced residents from at least six surrounding villages to flee, according to locals and those close to the resistance.
Read moreJunta Burns Down 73 Civilian Homes in Kyauk Hlay Karr Village, Tha Yet Chaung Township
October 2, 2025
HURFOM: At least 73 homes were destroyed after junta troops set fire to Kyauk Hlay Karr village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Dawei District.
According to a statement released by the Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 4, Department of Public Relations and Information, the arson attack followed clashes between junta troops advancing from Uttu village towards Inn Pyar and Kyauk Hlay Karr villages and resistance forces on September 29 and 30.
Read more30+ Ye Township residents arrested to serve as human shields: Released only after paying ransom
October 2, 2025
HURFOM: On September 25th, a military column of over 250 troops entered Ye Township and abducted over 30 local men and women as human shields.
As the military entered the villages of Ah Dane, Wel Hine, Taung Soon, Yaw Kalay, and Sone Pa Dauk villages in Ye Township, local residents were captured and taken to be used as human shields.
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