Skyrocketing Commodity Prices Deepen Hardships for Rubber Farmers and Workers
July 25, 2024
HURFOM: At the start of the 2024 rubber season, a pound of rubber slices was priced at 800 to 900 MMK. However, this price increase has not kept pace with the skyrocketing cost of commodities, pushing rubber farmers and workers into even tougher livelihoods.
Read moreJunta Forces Extort Money from Mawlamyine Residents Under False Pretenses
July 25, 2024
HURFOM: Since early July 2024, the junta’s security forces—comprising soldiers, police officers, and local militia members—have intensified their extortion efforts in Mawlamyine, Mon State. They employ various pretexts to extort money from local residents and travelers.
Read moreJunta Forces Abduct Civilians as Human Shields in Kyaik Hto, Mon State
July 24, 2024
HURFOM: At least 10 local villagers have been abducted and used as human shields by military junta troops advancing towards Kyaik Hto Township, Thaton District, which is under the control of KNU Brigade 1, according to local sources.
Read moreJunta Air Assault Kills 20 Civilians and Injures Many in Kyaikmayaw
July 24, 2024
HURFOM: At approximately 10 am on July 19, 2024, the military junta dropped bombs on a village monastery located at the road junction between Nga Pu Inn and Hlaw Sin Gone villages in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State. This air assault resulted in the deaths of more than 20 civilians and injured numerous residents.
Read moreFive Political Prisoners Beaten and Held in Solitary Confinement in Kyaikmayaw Prison
July 24, 2024
HURFOM: On June 25, 2024, five political prisoners at Kyaikmayaw Central Prison in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, were brutally beaten by prison authorities and placed in solitary confinement.
Read moreJunta’s Reckless Artillery Attack Kills Civilian in Tha Yet Chaung
July 24, 2024
HURFOM: On July 20, 2024, the military junta launched a reckless artillery attack on Nyaung Zin village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, resulting in the death of a civilian.
Read moreJunta Troops Burn Down Three Houses in Launglon Township
July 24, 2024
HURFOM: On July 19, 2024, approximately 80 troops from the military junta stationed in Long Lone Town, Tanintharyi, launched a military operation targeting Nyin Maw and Nyin Boat villages. The operation resulted in an armed clash with the People Defense Force at the entrance road to T Zit Beach, near Nyin Boat village.
Read moreMon schoolteachers face livelihood hardship: Basic salary not cover daily expenses
July 23, 2024
HURFOM: The basic salary of schoolteachers under the Mon National Education Committee (MNEC) was 95,000 MMK. In June, 2024, the salary increased to 150,000 MMK.
However, commodity prices are now so high that even the increased salary is insufficient to cover daily expenses leaving school teachers with livelihood challenges.
Read moreJunta’s troops raid houses and extort money from residents in Long Lone
July 23, 2024
HURFOM: After launching military operations in Tha Byar, Ra Hong Wad and Pan Da Lell villages, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division, on July 14, 2024, approximately 80 junta troops reached the Long Lone Town Police Station and scattered their forces across the town.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
July 22, 2024
Increased Surveillance and Privacy Rights are Under Attack
Last week, the junta banned the well-known messaging application Signal. Signal has strong end-to-end encryption that keeps communication completely private. Activists, organizations, and human rights defenders in Burma commonly use it to carry out their activities safely. The Burma Army has tried to censor the flow of information many times in the past to prevent witnesses to the horrors they are committing and, therefore, attempt to shield themselves from consequences.
Promptly after the attempted coup, the Burma Army moved to ensure access to Facebook was no longer accessible to stop organizing efforts. The terrorist regime has continued to block social networks also to hide the crimes they are violently committing against innocent people.
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Latest Headlines
- Junta’s artillery attacks kill five and injure 29 in Mon State
- Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks to Kyone Doe Town frightens villagers
- Bridge Closure Restrictions Deepen Daily Struggles for Local Civilians at Mawlamyine’s Entrance
- Intense armed clash and rigorous security checks impact supports for displaced villagers
- Conscription Pressures Intensify for Locals in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State
- Junta fires Administrator for failure to collect any conscripts
- Former prisoner shot and killed in Du Yar village
- Military at “Ka Myaw Kin” security gate arrest young men eligible for conscription
- Authorities of Kyikemayaw Prison tortures political prisoners
- Displaced students from Kaw Ka Rate unable to attend other schools
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