Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
January 9, 2023
First Week of January 2023
A New Year has begun, but for many, the lives of innocent civilians in Burma have not changed. The junta uses violence as a tool to weaponize submission and enforce fractured laws that do nothing but make a mockery of the justice system. Fighting continues unabated as armed soldiers continue to wreak havoc, destroying all in their path.
Read moreKyarinnseikyi residents flee their homes due to increasing armed clashes
January 6, 2023
HURFOM: Since late 2022, armed clashes between the Burmese army and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People Defense Forces (PDF) have been steadily increasing in Kyarinnseikyi Township, in Karen State.
As a result residents are fleeing from their villages.
Military aircraft are flying over the villages everyday, and villagers are digging bomb shelters in an attempt to protect themselves from air assaults and artillery attacks.
Read moreMaritime transport in Ataran River disrupts livelihoods of fishing community
January 6, 2023
HURFOM: Since December 2022, there have been frequent maritime transport activities taking place in the Ataran River in Kyaikmayaw Township, of Mon State. As a result the local fishing community is experiencing many problems due to the large maritime vessels traveling along the river.
Read moreYe Military Checkpoint extorts money from passengers
January 4, 2023
HURFOM: The military junta has tightened its security in Ye Township, Mon State since June, 2022. They have installed many check-points and the security forces at these check-points have been extorting money from passengers.
The soldiers at the Ye Bridge Check-point have threatened the passengers riding in all vehicles and trucks with unjust reasons. According to HURFOM sources, individuals are only allowed to pass through a check-point after handing over their money.
Read moreJunta’s administrators disrupt “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”
January 4, 2023
HURFOM: November 25 to December 10 marks the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign organized by women in Mon State.
This is an annual initiative, but an activist involved in the effort told HURFOM that the junta-appointed Administrators in some villages of Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State have been actively disrupting the campaign this year.
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Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region | December 2022
January 3, 2023
Indiscriminate Firing, Mortar Shelling and Ongoing Abductions by the Military Junta Force Thousands of Civilians in Southeastern Burma to Flee
HURFOM: Over the last twelve months, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has continued to document the widespread and systematic atrocities perpetrated against innocent civilians by the Burma Army. As the year 2022 ends, HURFOM has concluded that the human rights situation has shown no improvement based on our findings and analysis. The military has resorted to violence to advance its authoritarian agenda, even at the cost of innocent lives. This includes more abductions, torture and conflict-related sexual violence.
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Latest Headlines
- Five villages flee from junta’s artillery attack in Bilin
- Junta pressures Chaung Zone residents to celebrate festive events
- KNU arrests three youths for drug abuse and extorts money from them
- Junta’s artillery attack kills two teenage siblings
- The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Expresses Concern Over Situation inTanintharyi Region as Burma Army Attacks Escalates
- Junta’s artillery attack injures eight Bilin residents
- Junta imposes curfew and threatens villagers after navy base attacked
- Two local men arrested and other two injured during a battle in Dawei
- Civilian injured and two houses destroyed by artillery attack in Dawei
- Board of trustees extorts displaced villagers in Ka Lane Aung
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