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Junta’s air assault injures woman and child in Boat Pyin

HURFOM: At approximately 3 pm on March 10^th, 2025, the military junta launched an air assault on Khell Chaung village near Pyi Gyi Mam Die Town, Boat Pyin Township, Tenasserim Division.  The assault injured a local woman and a 9-year-old child.  

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Man steps on landmine in Thanbyuzayat and loses leg

HURFOM: On March 7^th, 2025, 43-year-old Ko Nandar Tun from Well Kha Me village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State stepped on a landmine while cleaning at his plantation.

The explosion severed his left ankle and landmine debris injured his right leg, left arm and lower jaw.

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Two young men shot and killed in Mudon

HURFOM: On March 10^th, 2025, local villagers found two 25-year-old young men shot and killed at the entrance of Ka Log Tog village, Mudon Township, Mon State.

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Artillery attack injures three including monk in Long Lone Town

HURFOM: In the morning of March 8^th, 2024, the People’s Defense Forces attacked the Office of Special Branch, the General Administration Department and the Town Police Station in Long Lone Town, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.

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Administrators and Navy collaborate to extort money from boat owners

HURFOM: Since February, 2025, the Mawrawaddy Navy Command has been forcing the boat owners in Ka Byar Wa and Mam Gyi village, Ye Township, Mon State to apply for recommendation letters from their particular village Administrators.

Then, the Administrators extort from 15,000 to 20,000 MMK per document from the boat owners. The amount of extortion depends on the size of the boat.

The navy unit requires recommendation letters be monthly; however, the Ka Byar Wa Administrator forces boat owners to apply for these documents on a biweekly basis. 

“The navy unit ordered us to get a recommendation letter each month. But the village Administrator only issues a document that is valid for 15 days. Then, he exhorted 20,000 MMK. After 15 days, another document must be obtained. Then, he exhorted 20,000 MMK again. The Administrators and the navy unit are making money in cooperation,” said a boat owner.

The boat owners who went fishing with expired recommendation letters were arrested and beaten by the navy unit.

“Some boat owners had financial problems extending their documents. The document had expired by just two days but the navy unit arrested and beat the boat owner as punishment. Even elderly villagers were beaten. Some coughed up blood,” said a local villager.

In addition to this extortion, boat owners who want to transport stone from “Ma Yan Beach” have to pay an extra 30,000 MMK to the Mawrawaddy Navy Command as ration fee for food for the navy unit.

Since February, 2025, at least 15 boat owners or workers were arrested and beaten by the navy unit for using expired recommendation letters and some of them had to be admitted to hospital for treatment.

Weekly Analysis: Displaced Villagers Unable to Return Home in Conflict-Torn Mon State

Throughout targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region, attacks by the junta have been forcing civilians to flee. 

Despite no active fighting around Kyone Long (Old) village in Ye Township, Mon State, junta troops remain stationed in the area, preventing 456 displaced villagers from returning to their homes. Junta soldiers have set up camp at a monastery in Eye Poke village, creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity for those who fled.

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More undocumented Burmese citizens arrested due to consequences of crack down on “call-scam gangs”

HURFOM: Since January 5^th, 2025, the Thai Border Guard Force has tightened security along the Thai – Burma border in order to crack down on “call-scam gangs” operating in the area.

As a consequence, many undocumented Burmese citizens who tried to cross the border are being arrested every day.

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Statement by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland on International Women’s Day: Women Must be Supported in Burma’s Revolution

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is deeply concerned about the rising rates of violence against women in Burma and, on International Women’s Day, calls for an urgent and coordinated response to the targeted attacks that jeopardize their well-being and safety. There must also be enhanced support for the numerous women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who are bravely advocating for survivors and traumatized, conflict-affected communities.

Furthermore, the junta must be held accountable for their crimes against women by referring the situation of human rights in Burma to the International Criminal Court. Transitional justice pathways should be accessible to survivors, which include reparations and restitution.

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Junta’s forces extort drug abusers instead of sending them to court

HURFOM: In Ye Township, Mon State, junta’s soldiers and police members have been working together to arrest drug abusers, however they have not sent them to court. Instead, they are extorting family members of those they arrest.

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Junta’s air strike injures five villagers in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On March 4^th and 5^th, 2025, the military junta launched airstrikes targeting villages in Southern Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.   The air assaults injured five villagers including a child.

On March 4^th, three military fighter jets from the “Hmaw Bee” military airport shot three rockets at Bot Die village, Southern Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. One of the rocket explosions injured a 40-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy. A school also had some damage.

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