Junta’s air and navy attacks kill three villagers in Tha Yet Chaung
May 14, 2024
HURFOM: On May 10th, 2024, the military junta used helicopters, jet fighters and navy ships to attack Ka Net Thiri village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. The incursion killed three villagers.
The junta used two helicopters and a fighter jet to drop more than 20 bombs to Ka Net Thiri village and the navy ship anchored at the west of the village also launched an artillery attack on the village.
Read moreTwo CDM staff sentenced to four years in prison
May 14, 2024
HURFOM: On May 7th, 2024, two schoolteachers from the Ministry of Education from Kan Bauk area, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division who joined the “civil disobedience movement – CDM” were sentenced to four years in prison by the junta’s court.
Read moreMan injured by indiscriminate attack of artillery regiment
May 14, 2024
HURFOM: On May 11th, 2024, a local man from Kone Paw Yaw Thit village, Ye Township, Mon State was injured by the indiscriminate artillery attack of the 317th Artillery Regiment while he was working at his plantation.
Read moreJunta’s police forces shot and injure mentally ill man in Ye
May 14, 2024
HURFOM: On May 5th, 2024, a mentally ill man from Yan Myoe Aung Ward, Ye Town, Mon State was shot by the junta’s police forces and sustained a serious injury.
30-year-old Ko Zu Zu encountered an area being patrolled by the police and was shot while he tried to run away.
Read moreUnknown armed group kills a medic and burnt down house in Three Pagoda Pass
May 14, 2024
HURFOM: On May 9th, 2024, an unknown armed group killed a medic from Three Pagoda Pass Town, Karen State and burnt down his house, locals reported HURFOM.
Six members from unknown armed groups reached the house of the 60-year-old medic in Ward #3, Three Pagoda Pass using two motorbikes. They shot and killed the man at his house and then burnt down the house.
Read moreJunta destroys road between villages creating transportation problems for locals
May 13, 2024
HURFOM: On April 29th, 2024, the military junta destroyed a road connecting the villages of Kan Bauk and Na Bu Lae in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division causing transportation problems for villagers.
“The junta claimed that members of the People’s Defense Force were using the road so they destroyed it. They deployed a lot of troops to destroy the road, no one dares to repair it,” said a local villager.
Read moreAn old woman severely injured by junta’s artillery attack in Ka Lane Aung
May 13, 2024
HURFOM: On May 9th, 2024, a 70-year-old woman from Ward #3, Ka Lane Aung Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was severely injured by an artillery attack launched by the military junta.
Read moreTwo children killed and at least six injured by junta’s air assault in Tha Yet Chaung
May 13, 2024
HURFOM: On May 8th, 2024, the military junta targeted Ka Net Thiri village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division with a brutal air assault killing two children and injuring at least six other children.
After the military base in Tha Yet Chaung was attacked and captured by resistance forces, the military junta responded with an air assault on Ka Net Thiri and Ya Ngae villages.
Read moreMon State faces electricity and water shortage
May 13, 2024
HURFOM: Local villagers reported to HURFOM that since March, 2024, Mon State has been experiencing electricity shortages and villages in townships across the State have also been experiencing water shortages.
The military junta announced in 2023 that electricity would be delivered six hours a day in Mon State but in reality, electricity is only available for two hours a day.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
May 13, 2024
HURFOM, Second Week of May 2024
A weekly update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) on the situation on the ground. Summary data includes Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region.
Analysis
Arbitrary arrests and abductions by the military junta continue to threaten the local livelihoods of innocent people. The surge in enforced disappearances comes amid the forced conscription enactment across the country. Since the Burma Army announced the People’s Service Law would go into effect, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has found ongoing rights violations being perpetrated in target areas of Southeastern Burma.
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Latest Headlines
- Thailand continues its handover of Burmese detainees: Junta then forces them into military service
- Junta’s artillery injures local woman and destroys four houses in Kyike Hto
- Local man steps on landmine and lost his leg in Bilin
- 5,500 added to number of newly displaced villagers in Tanintharyi
- Three residents severely injured by landmine explosion in Hpa-An
- Local man shot and killed in Ye
- Monthly Overview: Conflict-Affected Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Southeastern Burma Face Ongoing Threats to Their Safety and Security Due to Junta Attacks
- Two Young Men Arbitrarily Arrested by Junta Troops in Tanintharyi Township
- Junta Troops Brutally Kill Thabyar Villager During Military Operation in Laung Lon Township and Dump the Body
- Parents Forced to Draw Lots for Military Service on Behalf of Their Children Amid Threats of Legal Action
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