No trace of Phar Chaung resident arrested by unknown armed group

May 24, 2024

HURFOM: On April 30th, 2024, a man from Phar Chaung village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested by an unknown armed group, and there has been no trace of him since his arrest.

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Six killed and 22 injured by artillery attacks

May 24, 2024

HURFOM: According to a statement by the Karen National Union, within three weeks, from May 1st to the 21st, 2024, the military junta’s indiscriminate artillery attack killed six villagers and injured another 22 from Kyike Hto, Bilin and Thaton Township, Mon State,

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Pilot project teaching Mon language in government schools canceled

May 24, 2024

HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) had agreed with the military council to start a pilot project to teach the Mon language in government schools in three townships in the coming 2024-25 academic year. However, the project has been canceled, due to the military council’s failure to implement the agreement.

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Six Mawlamyine residents arrested

May 22, 2024

On May 10th, 2024, six men from Chauk Mile Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State were arrested by the military junta after being accused of providing support to the People’s Defense Force.

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Cases of forceful disappearance on the rise in Yebyu

May 22, 2024

HURFOM: Since early 2024, the number of cases of forceful disappearance have been on the rise in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Unknown armed groups have been arresting and forcefully disappearing local villagers, after accusing them of working as military informants.

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One woman killed, another injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate

May 22, 2024

HURFOM: On May 17th, 2024, the military junta targeted Pha Yar Gyi village in the Gyaing River region, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a local woman and injured another.

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Junta’s artillery attacks injure two villagers in Thaton

May 21, 2024

HURFOM: On May 16th and 17th, 2024, the 9th Light Infantry Battalion launched artillery attacks on villages in V Yaw village track, Thaton Township, Mon State.   There were no active armed clashes at the time.  The attacks injured two villagers, according to the statement by the Thaton District Karen National Union.

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Junta’s air assault kills child in Tha Yet Chaung

May 21, 2024

HURFOM: On May 17th, 2024, a 15-year-old from Gone Nyin Sate village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division was killed by a junta air assault. 

On that day, we saw smoke coming out from Ka Net Thiri and Ka Twelve villages.” said a Ka Net Thiri resident.

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Junta promises village rehabilitation program but fails to deliver

May 20, 2024

HURFOM: On April 24th, 2024, the Mon State military junta announced that displaced persons from Dhammasa, Than Ga Long, Kywe Gone and Ta Ra Nar villages, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State could return to their homes and begin a rehabilitation program.

The Mon State Chief Minister and its government officials promised 1.1 million MMK would be dispensed to support each displaced villager who lost their homes to fire.

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Resident killed by unexploded ordnance in Kaw Ka Rate

May 20, 2024

HURFOM: On May 14th, 2024, unexploded ordnance dropped by the military junta killed a man from Ward 2 of Kaw Ka Rate town, in Karen State.

50-year-old U Tun Tun Aye, had  just returned after fleeing his home, which had been subject to an  artillery attack.   While cleaning debris with a shovel from around his house, he  struck and exploded a leftover artillery shell.

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