A child steps on landmine and dies in Thane Zayat
July 18, 2023
HURFOM: On July 13, 2023, a 12-year-old child from War Dat Kwin village near Thane Zayat Town, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State stepped on a landmine and died, according to local sources.
Read moreJunta arrests 16 gold mine workers in Kyike Hto
July 18, 2023
HURFOM: On July 13, 2023, the military junta raided a gold mine to the west of an oil palm plantation near Inn Ka Bo village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State and arrested 16 workers.
With roughly 50 soldiers the junta burnt down the workers’ barrack, seized a backhoe and other machinery.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
July 17, 2023
HURFOM | July Second Week
The situation in Southeastern Burma continues to deteriorate violently. Civilians have been forced to flee their homes and villages, desperately searching for refuge and protection. Even as they try to escape, the junta is relentless in firing ammunition and scores have been injured and killed while running for their lives. In addition, many suffer from preventable diseases due to the Burma Army’s ongoing blocking of aid and urgently needed resources. Civil society groups and social welfare organizations are doing their best to fill the gaps in service provisions. Still, serious risks continue undermining stability in the region and countrywide.
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is committed to documenting the widespread atrocities rampant along the Thai-Burma border and in the dozens of townships across our target areas of Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region. Firing happens in Burma even when there is no conflict to provoke the regime. The attacks against civilians are indiscriminate and targeted.
Read moreJunta threatens villagers with seizure of homes if they do not return
July 17, 2023
HURFOM: On June 25, 2023, there was an armed clash between the revolutionary forces and the military’s junta in Hnit Ka Yin village, Ye Township, Mon State.
The military attacked the village with artillery weapons and an air assault.
The junta arrested some villagers and roughly half of the village population fled from their homes.
Read moreWhereabouts of 12 Thaton political prisoners unknown
July 17, 2023
HURFOM: Between May and early July, 2023, the military secretly removed 12 political prisoners who faced long term imprisonment under Anti-Terrorist Act from Thaton Prison, in Mon State.
Those prisoners have lost contact with their family members. When family members attempted to visit their relatives, prison officials told them that the prisoners had been removed by other authorities and they did not know their whereabouts.
Read moreJunta arrests woman in Bilin: Accuses her of supporting former parliamentarians
July 17, 2023
HURFOM: On July 12, 2023, the junta arrested a woman living in Sa Yar San Ward, Bilin Town, Mon State after accusing her of supporting a ‘terrorist group’.
The junta alleges that the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a group of National League for Democracy lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d’état is a terrorist group.
Read moreLocal battalion arrests villagers, forces them to porter supplies in Mudon Township
July 14, 2023
HURFOM: The 318th Artillery Battalion based in Ah Bit village, Mudon Township, Mon State arrested villagers and forced them to carry military supplies.
On July 10, 2023, four villagers from Ka Log Thog village who were working at their plantation in Kha Lae – Da Gon Die were arrested by members of the battalion and forced to carry military supplies along a jungle route.
Read moreG.A.D. orders MUP to remove office signboards in villages
July 13, 2023
HURFOM: On July 8, 2023, the Township General Administration Department (GAD) ordered the Mon Unity Party (MUP) to remove their office signboards in villages across Mon State.
“It isn’t only the MUP that must remove their signboards. All political parties have to do so. The township offices can use their sign boards but offices in villages or wards have to remove their signboards. We’ve already instructed the village/ward office to remove their signboards,” said a member of the central executive committee (CEC) of the MUP.
Read moreThaton villager seriously injured by landmine
July 13, 2023
HURFOM: At approximately 7 am on July 11, 2023, 45-year-old U Aung Myint Kyi from Naung Kalar village, Thaton Township, Mon State stepped on a landmine and was seriously injured.
The incident occurred near Myay Ne Gone village, which is located beside the Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway Road.
Read moreCommodity price sharply rises: Junta arrests vendors in Kyike Htee Yoe Mount
July 12, 2023
HURFOM: On July 6, 2023, the Lay Phar Tot Bridge which is on Kyike Htee Yoe Pagoda Uphill Road, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State was destroyed by an explosion.
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