Two siblings sustain severe injuries from landmine explosion in Thanbyuzayat
December 19, 2024
HURFOM: On December 8th, 2024, two siblings sustained severe injuries from a landmine explosion that took place near Ka Line Ba Daw village, Sa Khan Gyi village tract, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State.
Read moreJunta arrests young man and forces him to serve as conscript in Mudon
December 19, 2024
HURFOM: According to local sources, at about 1 am on December 15th, 2024, the 210th light infantry battalion arrested a young man who had just returned from a festive event in Mudon Town, Mon State, according to local sources.
Read moreThree family members arrested in Maw Ka Nin
December 19, 2024
HURFOM: On December 13th and 14th, 2024, three family members from Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State were arrested by the military junta after being accused of providing support to the People’s Defense Force.
Read moreRubber plantation worker sustains injury in armed clash in Maw Ka Nin
December 19, 2024
HURFOM: In the morning of December 17th, 2024, joint resistance forces launched an attack on the military base at “Pha Yar Gone” nearby Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State and an intense armed clash followed.
Read moreJunta’s troops launch military operation in Long Lone that kills local woman
December 19, 2024
HURFOM: On December 13th, 2024, military junta’s troops launched an operation targeting villages in Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. Junta forces shot and killed a woman and arrested two men.
Read moreIntense fighting forces 500 residents to flee homes in Phar Pon
December 17, 2024
HURFOM: In the first week of December, 2024, the Karen National Liberation Army and its allied forces attacked the junta’s “Taung Tone Lone” and “Ka Tie Hti” military bases, and heavy armed clashes followed.
Resistance forces now control the “Taung Tone Lone” base but the armed clashes are still intense at the “Ka Tie Hti” military base.
Read moreMany 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.
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