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Monthly Overview: Civilians in southeastern Burma Face Daily Threats to their Survival as the Junta Bombards Local Areas with Air and Ground strikes, Despite the So-Called Ceasefire

In the last month, in targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, civilians have faced a constant barrage of attacks by the military junta. Following the regime’s own ceasefire, which was announced after the March 28th earthquake and extended to May 31st, a series of brutal assaults nationwide have left innocent villagers gripped with fear, grief, and trauma, as children, young women, and youth make up the majority of the casualties. 

The Karen National Union (KNU) has strongly condemned the junta’s recent “ceasefire announcement,” calling it a deceptive move intended only to attract humanitarian aid flows through Naypyidaw while continuing brutal attacks on civilians. In a statement released on April 26, 2025, the KNU accused the junta of deliberately targeting civilian populations in towns and villages controlled by resistance forces, despite their ceasefire claims.

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New junta directive leads to extortion of vehicle owners

HURFOM: On May 20^th, 2025, the junta’s chief, Min Aung Hline instructed local authorities to arrest owners of unlicensed vehicles and to begin legal actions. Soon after the directive was made, joint teams of the junta soldiers and traffic police stationed themselves at the entrance and exits of the Mon State Capital, Mawlamyine, in downtown Ye Town, and at the junctions of village roads in Ye Township.  Arrests began in earnest of owners of unlicensed vehicles and those driving motorbikes with temporary licenses.

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Deported and Detained: Burmese Migrants Face Forced Conscription Upon Return from Thailand

HURFOM: On 26 May 2025, Thai authorities transferred more than 80 Myanmar nationals from the Ranong Detention Center to Kaw Thaung, Tanintharyi Region. The move marks the fifth deportation of Myanmar migrants from Thailand this year. Among those deported were 60 men and 21 women, according to a statement released by Thailand’s Immigration Department in Ranong.

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Vanishing Without Justice: A Surge in Disappearances Under Junta Rule in Mon State

HURFOM: Across Mon State, cases of enforced disappearances and suspicious abductions are rising at an alarming rate. Local communities say that junta-controlled police and administrative personnel, who claim to oversee law and order, are deliberately ignoring public complaints, particularly reports related to missing persons.

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Thousands Newly Displaced as Junta Escalates Shelling and Ground Attacks in Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM: In recent weeks, junta offensives across Yebyu and Tha Yet Chaung townships in Tanintharyi Region have intensified, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their homes. HURFOM field documentation confirms that at least eight villages have been affected by daily indiscriminate artillery attacks and ground operations, driving widespread fear and deepening the ongoing humanitarian crisis in southeastern Burma.

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More than 17,000 displaced villagers from Kyike Hto need urgent help

HURFOM: On May 25^th and 26^th, 2025, a junta regiment consisting of more than 500 troops entered Kyike Hto Township, Mon State and Wall Township, Pegu Division and launched indiscriminate artillery attacks on villages. Local residents had to flee immediately and are unable to return to their homes.

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13-year-old girl raped and killed in Mawlamyine Township

HURFOM: On May 26^th, 2025, a 13-year-old girl from Kaw Sein village, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State was raped and killed.

The young girl was in the fifth grade of the Kaw Sein Basic Education Primary School.

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35,000 displaced villagers need urgent help in rainy season

HURFOM: Since March 14^th, 2025, there have been intense battles between the military junta and the Karen National Liberation Army and its alliances in Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State and the constant armed conflict has forced more than 35,000 villagers to flee their homes.

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Junta says NO to new loans to farmers who failed to repay old ones

HURFOM: On May 19^th, 2025, the Myanma Agricultural Development Bank announced a “rainy paddy” loan program for farmers, with terms of 150,000 MMK per acre at 5% interest. However, the bank stated that farmers who failed to repay any prior loans were not allowed to apply to the new loan program.

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Na Bu Lell villager arrested and killed by local armed group

HURFOM: On May 13^th, 2025, 51-year-old U Aye Soe from Na Bu Lell village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested and killed by a local armed group.

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