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Mawlamyine residents say heightened security strips them of their dignity

HURFOM: The military junta is deploying numerous security forces as they tighten security measures in Mawlamyine, the capital of the Mon State. 

Local residents speaking to HURFOM say these security forces often assault their dignity, particularly when the junta authorities conduct investigations on the movement of local people.

“The (the security forces) mainly stop and check male residents. They routinely open  and search bags or backpacks. They treat residents like criminals and they speak rudely to people. The military junta also employs security forces who are in civilian clothes and this has increased the covert surveillance of people in Mawlamyine,” said one local person from Mawlamyine.

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Villagers unhappy with NMSP’s legal procedure

HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) policy requires villagers to have recommendation letters from their village Administrators in order to submit a legal case to the NMSP Judicial Department. Villagers are expressing disappointment with this policy.

Villages in Ye Township have lost trust in the judicial system controlled by the military junta, and in some cases village Administrators have ties to the military or act in a corrupt manner. 

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
Week Four, June 2022

HURFOM: The last week of June was met with more strife and hardships by communities across the Human Rights Foundation of Monland’s (HURFOM) target areas. Cases of theft, extortion and raids by the military junta are rampant and continue due to the lack of accountability channels in place. Civilians have been forced to endure layer upon layer of uncertainty as their livelihoods remain in jeopardy due to the junta’s growing presence.

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All Forms of Torture Must Immediately Be Put to An End in Burma

HURFOM: In target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland, including Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, torture has been perpetrated by the military junta on a regular basis. HURFOM field workers have documented rising levels of fear as the junta increases their presence in civilian areas. Torture is considered a human rights violation under international law. See in full: Burmese | English

Torture in particular is a tactic which is deployed to scare and intimidate villagers. It is a way to force confessions and to exert power over unarmed, innocent populations. These acts have been committed with impunity. Villagers expressed to HURFOM that victims are denied their final death rights before they are killed. There are growing levels of frustration and uncertainty amid the current situation.

Across HURFOM areas, there have been reports of people being detained by the junta, and tortured to death in military run prisons. All political prisoners are subject to state-sponsored violence in the form of torture. Sexual violence is also considered a form of torture that robs civilians of their dignity. HURFOM has reported incidents of sexual violence against women while being interogated. Female inmates have also been deprived of food and water. Women in Burma are regularly denied their rights in military custody and are an increaed risk of being victims of sexual violence. Prison conditions are unsanitary and also deprive prisoners of their fundamental human rights.

HURFOM condemns the use of torture by any and all parties and calls for investigations to probe the unlawful deaths of civilians across the country who have been tortured to death, as well as those who have been forced to endure trauma and long term injuries as a result.

See in full: Burmese: https://rehmonnya.org/reports/TVSD-HURFOM-Bur.pdf
English: https://rehmonnya.org/reports/TVSD-HURFOM-Eng.pdf

KNU Travel ban makes life for locals harder

HURFOM: The Karen National Union (KNU) has banned the use of road between Ah Bit, Mudon

Township, Mon State and Kha Lae/Da Gon Die villages, Kyarinnseikyi Township, in Karen State.

The KNU’s Nyein Chan Myine Check-point which is based near the Pu Lane village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State has imposed the road ban and local villagers report the ban has created many interruptions to their daily activities.

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Military sponsored group kills villagers and destroyed house in Yebyu

HURFOM: On June 15, 2022, a military sponsored group known as “the Black Kite Brotherhood” killed two villagers and destroyed a house in A Ka Ni village, Yebyu Township, in Tenasserim Division.

The group arrested Ko Myo Ko and Ko Yan Pine Soe of A Ka Ni village and killed them near the bridge of Watt Chaung village. Then, they abandoned their bodies near the bridge and scattered their group’s logos around the scene, reported  a local resident.

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Ethnic languages must be “major subjects” in government schools to show seriousness, say critics

HURFOM: The Mon, Karen and Pa’O languages can be taught in government schools in Mon State but these subjects are defined as “minor subjects”.  This means there is no examination required  to advance to the next grade level.

Members of the Mon Literature and Culture committee are critical of this decision, arguing that ethnic subject matter in the school system should be viewed with more seriousness.

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
Week Three, June 2022

HURFOM: Across the last week in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, civilians were unjustly subjected to more horrors perpetrated by the military junta. The campaign of fear is emboldened by the reality that the Burma Army has never been held accountable for the crimes they commit, which are in blatant disregard of international laws. The people deserve protection, they are entitled to it as it is enshrined in their rights as civilians.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Calls for International Humanitarian Support on Refugee Day;Local Actors Must be Supported on the Ground

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian crisis inside Burma. In target areas of Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, HURFOM has documented nearly 30,000 newly displaced civilians who have had to escape violence. These displaced people are just a fraction of the 1 million people across the country who have been forced to flee their homes. The merciless violence deployed by the military junta has not spared women, children, or the elderly.

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Families from Ah Sin village flee homes due to military activity

HURFOM: According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), the military has made at least 1,1034 arrests across Burma from February 1, 2021 to June 13, 2022.

These actions of the military have led many villagers in Ah Sin San Pya village, located in Ye Township, Mon State,  to  flee their homes as the military continues to arrest those it perceives to oppose the coup.

According to a local source, among the many villages in Ye Township, the Ah Sin San Pya village has the highest number of deaths, arrests and disappearances.

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