Old woman found dead in Thar Yar Mon village

August 28, 2025

HURFOM: Since early August, 2025, there has been constant and intense confrontations between the junta’s army and the Mon and Karen joint revolutionary armed groups along the Ka Lane Aung – Ma Hwelve Taung Road, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Villagers have had to flee their homes.

Read more

Nearly 300 undocumented Burmese citizens arrested on Thai – Burma border within two months

August 28, 2025

HURFOM: In July and August, 2025, the Thai authority arrested nearly 300 undocumented Burmese citizens who tried to enter Thailand at the border of Kanchanaburi District, Thailand and Three Pagoda Pass area, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State, Burma.

Read more

Resident injured by junta’s artillery attack in Ye

August 28, 2025

HURFOM: At about 5 pm on August 24th, 2025, the Maw Ka Nin based 106th Light Infantry Battalion targeted San Pya village, Ye Township, Mon State with indiscriminate artillery attack even though there was no active armed clash in the area.

Read more

Elderly Man Severely Injured by Junta Artillery Fire in Ye Township

August 27, 2025

HURFOM: Ye Township, Mon State – An elderly villager was seriously wounded after artillery shells fired by junta forces struck his home in San Pya village.

Read more

Pyin Htein villagers arrested by junta’s regiment get released

August 27, 2025

HURFOM: At about 2:30 pm on August 9th, 2025, a junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. The regiment arrested four villagers and robbed two homes, taking cash and mobile phones.

Read more: Pyin Htein villagers arrested by junta’s regiment get released

They stole a phone and 100,000 MKK cash from one house and 80,000 MMK cash from another house. They arrested four men. A 40-year-old man said he was unable to follow them, so they beat and kicked him and abandoned him in a canal,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

The man beaten by the regiment has been admitted to the Dawei General Hospital. The three other men were released on August 11th.

The one admitted to hospital is in the process of recovering. Among those released, Ko Min Ko Nile has bruises on his face and chest as he was beaten by the regiment. We’ve heard that each man had to pay a million MMK to get released but we can’t confirm this,” continued the villager.

At about 10 pm on August 23rd, the junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village and arrested 40-year-old Ko Khin Maung Htwe and Ko Karen. They also looted homes, taking rice, cooking oil and food.

Everyone had to flee as the regiment advanced into the village. The two arrested men were released at the Office of the Long Lone Township General Administration Department,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

Junta’s regiments have repeatedly advanced into Pyin Htein villagers frightening residents. The male villagers dare not sleep in their village and have taken to hiding in farms at night.

Junta Troops Use Villagers as Human Shields in Yebyu Township

August 26, 2025

HURFOM: In Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, junta forces stationed in Mayan Chaung village are preventing local residents from fleeing and instead using them as human shields for their own security, according to local sources and HURFOM field reporting teams.

Read more

Junta Reinforces Troops in Thaton and Ye to Expand Constituencies, Raising Fears of Rights Violations

August 26, 2025

HURFOM: In the lead-up to the junta’s planned sham election, the military has deployed hundreds of reinforcements to battalions based in Thaton and Ye Townships, Mon State. Local residents fear that this expansion of troops will only bring more human rights abuses, including arrests of young people, extortion, looting, torture, and even extrajudicial killings.

Read more

Administrators in Kyikemayaw extort villagers hiring conscription substitutes

August 25, 2025

HURFOM: The military junta is opening their 16th Batch of the Military Training for Conscripts and it has ordered each village or ward to send two young men to the training.

Read more

Three Monks Killed as Junta Airstrike Hits Monastery in Kyaikhto Township

August 25, 2025

HURFOM: At around 10:20 AM on 24 August, junta fighter jets launched an airstrike on Chan Myae Monastery in Chan Myae village, Kyaikhto Township, Mon State. The strike directly hit the dining hall where monks were preparing for their morning meal.

Read more

Weekly Analysis: Forced Displacement Surges in the Tanitharyi Region

August 25, 2025

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) expresses concern over the increase in violence in the Tanintharyi Region, which has caused more displacement. Those most affected are vulnerable groups such as women, children, and the elderly, who urgently need support. Attacks by the military junta have instilled fear and uncertainty, as communities fleeing are unsure when or if they will be able to safely return home.

Over 3,000 residents from Saw Phya and nearby villages in Thayet Chaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, have been forced to flee their homes after intense clashes between junta forces and allied resistance groups. Displaced families are now urgently seeking food, shelter, and medicine as their situation becomes increasingly critical.

Read more

« Previous PageNext Page »