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Junta control on foreign currency leading to Burma running out of gasoline

HURFOM: The military junta has controlled the trade of US dollars resulting in significant impacts on importation of gasoline. Gasoline imports have currently halted. Critics point out that Burma is running out of gasoline.

In Mon State the fuel shortages have forced gasoline stations in Mawlamyine to sell only within limited times. 

“We can’t sell gasoline for the whole day. We’ll operate the shop only from 6 am to 11 am. The sale amount will depend on the quota of gasoline available. When we get the usual quota of gasoline, we’ll run our shop normally,” said an official from one station in Mawlamyine.

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Armed group demands 70 million Kyat from two villages in Southern Ye

HURFOM: An armed group known as “Rehmonnya Army” led by an individual known as Nai Chan,  has demanded 70 million Kyat from Ham Gam and Kaw Hline villages, located in Southern Ye Township, Mon State.

The armed group entered Ham Gam on April 12, 2022 and occupied the village Administration office. They exploded a bomb, tore down the office flag pole and stomped on the Burmese flag. 

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas [Week Three: April 2022]

HURFOM: 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.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas [Week Two: April 2022]

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

The violence by the military junta is fueling a refugee crisis. In Karen State, airstrikes and heavy artillery fire has led to over more than 600 internally displaced people in Kawkareik township, Karen State. Those fleeing are in desperate need of food, shelter, medicine and life-saving materials. However, the situation is worsened by the fact that the Thai authorities are blocking pathways to aid and turning back displaced people directly back into a conflict zone.

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Attacks Against Burma’s Health Workers Must Cease Immediately; Protection Must be Granted to Those in Hiding and Facing Unjust Charges

On World Health Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) strongly condemns ongoing violence which targets health workers in Burma by the military junta. Frontline medics, including nurses, doctors and first responders have taken exceptional risks to treat injured protesters, civilians and armed resistance soldiers who have been harmed by the Burma Army. Their courage is being tested on a daily basis as the junta cracks down on those involved with pro-democracy activities. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, some 600 medics have been forced into evading arrest warrants issued for them by the junta. Over 200 medical students have been arrested since 1 February 2021. 

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Methamphetamine tablets (WY) tablets get cheaper while commodity prices rise

HURFOM: As a consequence of the military coup, commodity prices are increasing dramatically every day across Burma.   Meanwhile, across Mon State, the prices for WY(methamphetamine) tablets are dropping,  and there is easy availability.

A WY tablet was priced at just over 1,000 Kyat but now the price is around 800 Kyat.

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Power cuts impacting student’s capacity to study in lead up to matriculation exam period

HURFOM: The Ministry of Education, which is controlled by the military junta, is moving forward with plans to hold the 2021-22 academic matriculation exams from March 31 to April 9, 2022.

Students are upset with the decision because the power cuts have been occurring with more frequency and outages last for longer periods of time making it extremely difficult to prepare for their exams.

Some individuals who assist students to prepare for their exams have had to buy a generator to provide electricity for the students.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas [Week One: April 2022]

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

By the end of March 2022, HURFOM had documented a total of 12,177 people who have been displaced due to indiscriminate firing and shelling by the Burma Army in Kawkareik Township, alone. According to end of month summary documentation, there were at least 67 civilians arrested, 50 detained, 23 injured and 8 killed in target areas of Mon State, Karen State and Dawei.

This week violence perpetrated by the junta, which targeted civilians, killed two boys in Thaton Township Kamar Sai Village. Artillery shells were fired during clashes with the Karen National Liberation Army on the morning of March 29 near the Rangoon-Mawlamyine highway, locals said. A forty-year old man was also shot in the abdomen. Over the week, civilians once again were caught in the crossfire of fighting in Taungkyainn village, Kawkareik Township. The homes of local people and a temple, including a monastery, were damaged by heavy artillery shelling by the military. HURFOM contacted some villagers, requesting the destruction of house information in Taungkyainn village on April 1 morning. Many homes are affected. The junta opened fire toward the village, and some motor shells smashed the monastery.

No one feels safe or secure in Burma, especially amid the lingering of pro-junta forces, such as plain-clothed police officers and informers. Fighting across all of HURFOM’s target areas of Mon and Karen States and the Tanintharyi region reflect the military junta’s lack of sincerity to any kind of peace building initiative. As HURFOM documented in our December 2021 report, the Burma Army is undoubtedly on a ‘trajectory of terror.’ Civilians are regularly abducted, extorted and deprived of the most basic of human rights.

Power cuts and decline in charitably supports making water shortages more severe

HURFOM: As summer approaches, access to drinking water is coming under increasing threat in Mon State.  In addition, frequent power cuts and a decline in the number of charity groups providing drinking water is making a bad situation much worse.

“We are facing a water shortage problem, and power cuts are happening for half a day or nearly the whole day. Before the coup, there were many charity groups providing drinking water. But this year is different — we see no help. Some members of charity groups have to stay in hiding from the military, while some are being  arrested. That’s why the annual water shortage crisis is getting worse in our area,” said a resident who lives in Myine Thar Yar Ward, Mawlamyine.

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Weekly Update in HURFOM Targeted Areas [Week Four: March 2022]

Indiscriminate firing last week led to the death of a 17yr old Karen teenager as civilians continue to be targeted. Consequences await the junta.

Full Analysis:

As the month of March comes to an end, in HURFOM targeted areas there continues to be ongoing threats to survival and civilian safety and security. The war being forced upon innocent people has led to hundreds of thousands displaced across the country leaving many in crippling levels of poverty. Inflation has crippled households who are struggling to provide for their families with the bare minimum. Civil society organizations have attempted to fill these gaps, however, the ongoing blocks of aid and humanitarian assistance have made basic provision of services and delivery extremely difficult, and high risk.

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