Express bus strikes landmine and eight passengers sustains injuries
November 6, 2023
HURFOM: On November 1, 2023, an express bus traveling with 43 passengers struck a landmine placed near Kyun Taw village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State and four men and four women sustained injuries.
“Eight passengers were injured in total. A man had a fragment of the landmine pierce his abdomen. He was immediately sent to Mawlamyine General Hospital,” said an official from a local rescue team.
Read moreOne killed, ten injured, including children in Kyarinnseikyi Town armed clash
November 6, 2023
HURFOM: At approximately 4 am on November 2, 2023, a major armed clash took place between the military junta and the joint revolutionary forces in Kyarinnseikyi Town, Karen State. Local people told HURFOM that a resident was killed and ten people, including children, were injured during the battle.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills 8-Grade student in Tenasserim
November 6, 2023
HURFOM: On October 14, 2023, the military unit based in Lay Thar Mount, Tenasserim Town, Tenasserim Division launched multiple artillery attacks on nearby villages. There were no armed clashes that preceded the attacks.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
November 6, 2023
HURFOM, First Week of November
Civilians continue to be caught in the crossfire of violence deployed by the military junta. By the end of October 2023, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) reported that at least 68 civilians had been arrested, five detained, four injured, and 15 killed. The fieldworkers based in HURFOM target areas of Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region are reporting on the daily horrors committed by the junta with impunity.
On November 1st, an eighth-grade student who was being treated for medical treatment after being hit with artillery fire attacked by the military junta in Tanintharyi Township died two weeks after he was struck. Around midday on October 14th, without any fighting, the military junta troops stationed on Lay Thar Mountain in Taninthayi launched artillery weapons. One of the shells hit a 16-year-old, eight-year-old grade student, Mg Pyae Day Won, and a male family member from Tamok Choung.
Read moreYouth not interested in social affairs as a consequence of illicit drugs
November 3, 2023
HURFOM: Due to the political crisis in Burma, the use of illicit drugs in Mon State has risen sharply. Most youth in Mon State are addicted to illicit drugs and many are not interested in ethnic and social affairs, claimed a leader from a youth organization in Mon State.
“Most young people in the villages are addicted to drugs. It’s really difficult to organize them to join a youth organization,” said the leader.
Read moreJunta arrests and kills villagers and torches houses in Tha Yet Chaung
November 3, 2023
HURFOM: On October 17, 2023, a military unit entered Kyauk Kha Mount village, in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim and destroyed and torched a house and arrested a Kyauk Kha Mount resident and a Ya Ngae resident.
Read moreJunta kills villagers and torches houses in Na Bu Lel
November 3, 2023
HURFOM: On October 28, 2023, a military unit entered villages in Na Bu Lel area, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division and killed four villagers and torched five houses.
The military unit consisted of more than 100 troops and they left the Na Bu Lel area on October 22. However, they re-entered the area again on October 24 and launched military operations targeting Lel Shaung, Pa Ra Dat and Htein Gyi villages.
Read moreThree young boys arrested at check-point, not yet released after a week
November 3, 2023
HURFOM: On October 22, 2023, three young boys all aged approximately 15 years old, were arrested by the military junta at the check-point near Nan Taung village, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division, according to the local sources.
Read moreJunta’ artillery attack injures four residents in Kyike Hto
November 2, 2023
HURFOM: In the third week of October, 2023, four residents from Kyike Hto Township, Mon State were injured by artillery attacks launched by the military junta, according to the statement of the Thaton District Karen National Union.
On October 19, the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion based in Kyike Hto Township launched an artillery attack on Mae Yone village and injured a 27-year-old woman.
Read moreJunta arrests two men from Min Yat village
November 2, 2023
HURFOM: On October 26, 2023, two men from Min Yat village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division were arrested by the military junta.
About 50 troops entered Min Yat village via a jungle route and arrested 40-year-old Ko Aung Kyaw Soe and 17-year-old Ko Thar Thar, according to a local source.
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