Arbitrary Arrests, Ransom Payments, and Fear Spread Among Families as Junta Officials Exploit Youths in Thaton Township, Mon State
October 21, 2025
HURFOM field sources confirm that young people in Thaton Township, Mon State, are being arbitrarily arrested, detained, and extorted for ransom payments by Junta authorities and pro-military militia forces, leaving families traumatized and financially devastated.
Read moreJunta accelerates military operations: Electorate view it part of a ‘sham election’
October 21, 2025
HURFOM: The junta-controlled union election commission announced what is widely referred to by the electorate as a ‘sham election’ will be held in three parts or phases. Phase one will be held on December 28th. The second phase will begin in the first and second week of January, 2026 and the third part will take place on August 18th, 2026.
Read moreJunta’s airstrike injures three Kyike Hto villagers
October 21, 2025
HURFOM: In the morning of October 17th, 2025, despite no active armed clashes in the nearby area, the military junta bombed Kyauk Phyar and Nat Sin villages, Kyike Hto Township, Mon Sate injuring three villagers.
Read moreNearly 300 youths forcibly recruited for junta’s 18th conscription batch in Mon State
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: Although the junta officially announced that about 200 young people were recruited for Batch 18 of its People’s Military Service Training in Mon State, HURFOM’s field documentation shows that the actual number is higher; between 280 and 300 youths have been forcibly taken. Many were arrested during intensified conscription operations in September and October, which targeted local men across the state. Among them are young people who fled their homes to avoid arrest and others who remain missing after being detained by the Junta’s forces.
Read moreLocals flee as Junta troops advance into Za Di Village, Kanbauk area #Yebyu Township
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: Residents from Za Di Village Tract, located in the Kanbauk area of Yebyu Township, Dawei District, have been fleeing their homes since the second week of October as Junta troops advance into the area.
Read moreMore than 50 young men using “Dawei – Myeik” highway forced into military service
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: From October 7th to the 14th, 2025, junta forces operating the security gates on the “Dawei – Myeik” Union Highway Road, Tenasserim Division have arrested more than 50 young men and forced them into conscription.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Local Man Forced to Enlist in the Military Junta Dies Within Hours of Arrest
October 20, 2025
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has been documenting the impacts of the junta’s illegal forced conscription since the regime began enlistment in 2024. There have been several worrying observations as the military regime continues to violently extend its reach into the lives of innocent people. Young people in the country have faced immense struggles in the aftermath of the coup, and the unjust effort to force them to fight is yet another threat to their survival.
Over the last week, a man who was taken for forced military conscription in Dawei died within hours of his arrest, according to residents in Thin Baw Seik Ward, Dawei Township. The victim, identified as Ko Yan Naing Oo, around 30 years old, was arrested at night. By the following morning, local authorities informed his family to collect his body.
Read moreArtillery attacks injure two women and child in Tenasserim
October 17, 2025
HURFOM: In the evening of October 14th, 2025, junta forces launched artillery attacks on Ban La Mut village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division injuring two local women and a child.
Read moreThreat of armed clashes keep students from returning to school
October 17, 2025
HURFOM: Beginning in early August, 2025, residents from ten villages alongside the Ka Lane Aung – Ma Hwelve Taung Highway Road, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division fled their homes due to frequent armed clashes, repeated military advances and indiscriminate artillery attacks.
Read moreElectorate show no interest in ‘junta’s sham election’
October 16, 2025
HURFOM: In Mon State, the military junta and their administrative bodies are using loudspeakers to urge people to check their voters’ list; however, no one is listening in what is being called ‘the junta’s sham election’.
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