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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM | July Third Week

The human rights situation in Southeastern Burma is worsening as the international community and regional actors, including ASEAN, fail to respond with adequate measures to hold the junta accountable for their widespread and systematic crimes against humanity. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM). The junta targets women, children, the elderly and others with artillery fire, shelling and mortars. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, and an overall longing for peace and protection has once again forced civilians to bear the burden of war.

Any opposition to the dictatorship is met with violence, torture and death. According to local sources, at 9 AM on Jul 15, after the funeral service in Kaung Mu village, Dawei, eight young villagers from the Youth Association of Kaung Mu were stopped. The military inspected their phones, and two Mon youths were arrested and severely beaten. Locals said that the arrested young men, 22-year-old Nay Lin Zaw and 17-year-old Thein Htwe, were found with the three-finger salute images on their phones and were severely beaten and detained for a day at the Kanbauk Police Station:

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Junta arrests and kills Kyike Hto resident

HURFOM: On July 17, 2023, 25-year-old Ko Chit Lay from Chaung Saung village, located in the Zee Pyaung village tract, of Kyike Hto Township, Mon State was arrested by the junta at “Bus Station Junction ” in Thane Za Yet Town.

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Seven civilians injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On the morning of July 19, 2023, a major armed clash took place between the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) across Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.

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Junta arrests three youth from Taung Zun, accusing them of being PDF members

HURFOM: On July 17, 2023, three young residents from Bilin Township, Mon State were arrested by the junta after being accused of being the members of the People’s Defense Force. (PDF).

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3,000 residents flee their villages as military launches operation in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On July 14, 2023, the junta launched a military operation in Kyike Hto Township, Mon State involving a massive number of troops; more than 3,000 residents had to flee from their villages, according to the statement of the Thaton District Karen National Union.

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Three children die from drowning in  Mawlamyine flood

HURFOM: On July 19, 2023, Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State, flooded due to continuous and heavy rain.  Three children drowned in the flood, according to a Mawlamyine rescue team.

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Junta arrests 15 villagers and uses them as human shields

HURFOM: On July 15, 2023, about 120 members of the military junta entered Na Bu Lae region, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division and arrested 15 workers from a plantation near Ka Det Eye village.  

Local sources reported to HURFOM that the military then used them as human shields for a military operation.

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Two killed and nearly twenty arrested in Kha Lae – Da Gon Die armed clash

HURFOM: On July 14, 2023, the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) had a heavy armed clash in Kha Lae – Da Gon Die area, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State.

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Civilian killed in Kyike Hto armed clash

HURFOM: On the morning of July 16, 2023, an armed clash took place between the military junta and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) near Zee Gone village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State.

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Mon State has 600 dengue fever patients: Two die of the disease

HURFOM: From January to June, 2023, the Mon State Health Department reported approximately 600 cases of dengue fever. Two individuals have died of the disease.

The majority of patients are from  Mawlamyine, Paung, Thanbyuzayat, Kyikemayaw and Ye Townships.  The cases include  children in the 5 to 9  age range.

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