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Right to information has a 30 year history: Now in jeopardy

HURFOM: During the last  three months, since the February 1 coup, the military junta has cut off mobile internet; limited Wifi services; abolished licenses of 5 news agencies; unjustly arrested reporters and filed lawsuits against both journalists and media outlets.   The result has been that the public right to  information has hit rock bottom. 

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Military junta must be held accountable for mass killings

HURFOM: Since February 1, 2021 in what is being called the Burma Spring Revolution, more than 700 innocent people have been killed by the armed forces also known as the Tatmadaw.  

General Yawd Serk, Acting Leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) on  April 26, 2021 indicated that the leaders of the military junta must be held accountable for mass killings committed  by their troops.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM targetted Areas (19 April – 25 April 2021)

Weekly update on the situation in #Karen #Mon & #Dawei. Arrests & Detention on the rise 📈

👉61+ Arrested
👉50+ Detained
👉5+ Injured
👉1 Killed

Approx 60 cases of confiscations including money & phones, at least 25 motos confiscated and 10+ asked for ransoms to get them back.

Millions expected to go hungry as consequence of military coup

HURFOM: On April 22, 2021 the World Food Programme (WFP) estimated that 3-4million people across Burma will experience hunger within the next six months, due to combined impacts of the pandemic and the military coup.

“More and more poor people have lost their jobs and are unable to afford food. A concerted response is required now to alleviate immediate suffering,” said WFP Myanmar Country Director, Stephen Anderson.

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A quarter of a million people flee their homes due to brutal military crackdown

HURFOM: An alarming number of innocent civilians are fleeing their homes as the military and police forces kill and arrest peaceful protesters throughout Burma. 

250,000 have now fled their homes.  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma said he was shocked by this huge number.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM targetted Areas (12 April – 18 April 2021)

Weekly update on the situation in #Karen #Mon & #Dawei:

👉 29+ Arrested
👉20+ Detained
👉12+ Injured, 4 torture cases

40+ money extortion, arbitrary taxation. 20+ looting & destruction of property + motos by #SAC. The junta’s fabricating evidence to charge innocent civilians.

There have been more than 40 armed clashes since the coup

HURFOM: In the past 76 days, since the February-1 coup, there have been more than 40 armed clashes between the Burmese military (Tatmadaw) and Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs).

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Weekly Update in HURFOM targetted Areas (1 April – 11 April 2021)

Weekly Update from HURFOM on the situation in #Karen, #Mon & #Dawei where HRVs remain rampant as #SAC forces continue to target civilians.

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65+ Arrested
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50+ Detained
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40+ Injured
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6 Killed

Motos, cell phones & 300 pairs of PSI Satellite dishes/receivers confiscated.

Military junta committed to imposing news blackout

The military junta has been doing everything it can to prevent people’s access to news coverage of the  dictatorship and pro-democracy movement. In addition to an internet media blackout, authorities have begun to seize PSI satellites which broadcast some news channels.

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Military coup is a dark chapter for human rights in Burma

HURFOM: The February-1 military coup has pulled Burma back into the past of more than 3 decades ago and opened a dark chapter for human rights in the country. Upholding basic human rights was a struggle under the civilian government, but now with brutal killings taking place in the streets on a regular basis , human rights has hit rock bottom under the military junta.

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