Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
June 26, 2023
HURFOM | June Week Four
As June nears an end, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) remains deeply concerned over the rise of atrocities perpetrated by the junta against civilians. Over the last week, women were targeted by the regime in a series of arbitrary arrests and abductions. The lawlessness that continues to consume the daily affairs of citizens is all the more evident that more than anything – the junta fears the people themselves who refuse to accept their dictatorship. This was especially clear following the arrest of nine women who participated in a flower strike to mark the birthday of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Mawlamyine, Mon State. On June 19, the arrested and imprisoned State Counselor’s 78th birthday was commemorated by flower strikes.
Read moreJunta arrests nine Mawlamyine residents accusing them of involvement in “Flower Strike”
June 23, 2023
HURFOM: June 19, 2023 is the State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, and the whole country had organized a “Flower Strike” to celebrate her 78th birthday.
In Mawlamyine, Mon State, the junta arrested nine residents for contributing to the “Flower Strike” and detained them.
Read moreTravelers are in fear as junta attacks Thanbyuzayat-Ye highway roads
June 23, 2023
HURFOM: On June 20, 2023, the 27th Battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People Defense Forces (PDF) stopped and checked travelers on the Thanbyuzayat-Ye-Dawei Highway Road.
Read moreNLD lawmaker’s house seized in Kyaikmayaw
June 23, 2023
HURFOM: On June 20, 2023, the military junta sealed and seized the house of Daw Khin Myo Myint, a Mon State lawmaker with the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the #2 constituency of Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State.
Read moreJunta arrests and tortures father of Dawei Strike Committee Leader
June 22, 2023
HURFOM: A Dawei based strike committee released a statement saying, U Aung Phay, the father of Ko Min Lwin Oo, the leader of their strike committee, was beaten and arrested by the junta council today at noon on June 19.
Read moreJunta arrests a married couple in Yebyu
June 22, 2023
HURFOM: According to local residents, junta forces raided the home of a married couple living in Thiri Minglar Ward, Kanbauk area, Yebyu Township, #Dawei District, in the middle of the night and abducted them.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack injuries three children in Kha Lae – Da Gon Die village
June 22, 2023
HURFOM: At 7 pm on June 19, 2023, the military junta launched an artillery attack on Kha Lae – Da Gon Die village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State and injured three local villagers. There was no armed resistance in the area that preceded the attack.
Read moreOne woman killed and four others injured by artillery attacks in Thane Za Yet
June 21, 2023
HURFOM: Indiscriminate artillery attacks by the military junta on June 16, 2023, killed a woman was and four others including a child were injured in Ward #1, Thane Za Yet Town, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State.
Read moreJunta arrests and tortures villagers in Long Lone Township
June 21, 2023
HURFOM: On the morning of June 13, local villagers witnessed more than 40 junta troops raid and capture four men and two women from Thabyar village in Long Lone Township, Dawei District. Residents reported those arrested were violently tortured.
“Initially, junta troops and police entered the village on foot. Later, they came near the entrance sign of the village with three Army lorries and a civilian car, and sealed the road for inspection. After that, around 10:00 am, they entered a restaurant near the place of inspection and arrested 4 men and 2 women, including the shopkeeper. There was no reason given as to why they were arrested like this,” a 40-year-old local man recounted what he witnessed.
Read moreOn World Refugee Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland Calls for an Immediate End to the Targeting of Civilians by the Military Junta
June 20, 2023
On World Refugee Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) condemns the military junta’s ongoing violence perpetrated against innocent civilians in Southeastern Burma. Since the attempted coup on 1 February, the Burma Army has escalated its combat operations in HURFOM-targeted documentation areas of southern Karen State, Mon State and the Tanintharyi Region, resulting in a wave of internally displaced people and conflict-affected refugees. Their presence and indiscriminate attacks have made it increasingly challenging for them to access food, according to field reports from the HURFOM mobile documentation team.
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