Junta military operation in Long Lone results in arrest of villagers
August 30, 2023
HURFOM: On August 26, 2023, a military unit of 60 troops launched operations on the villages of Sam Hlam, T Sit, Htet Gone Pyin and Phoe La Maw in Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreCivilian vehicle attacked and two passengers sustain minor injuries
August 29, 2023
HURFOM: On August 24, 2023, a civilian vehicle leaving Thanbyuzayat and enroute to Ye, in Mon State was attacked, leaving a man and a woman with minor injuries.
Read moreJunta’s reckless artillery attack destroys house in Tenasserim
August 29, 2023
HURFOM: On August 24, 2023, the military junta stationed in Tenasserim Town, Tenasserim Division launched an artillery attack, destroying a house.
There was no armed clash that provoked the reckless attack.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
August 28, 2023
HURFOM | August Week 4
During the last week of August, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) continues to report increasing cases of injustice in Southeastern Burma. The situation’s urgency demands action and intervention by the international community, especially as vulnerable communities suffer from socio-economic instability. It has become extremely difficult for people to survive at the junta, which wages their offensives on largely unarmed people.
Read moreCivilian injured in an armed clash in Bilin by drone bomb attack
August 28, 2023
HURFOM: On August 24, 2023, the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defense Force dropped a bomb using a drone on military and the police force stationed at “Shwe Than Lwin” tollgate on the Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway Road nearby Dough Yet village, Bilin Township, Mon State.
Read moreVillagers worry as junta-controlled Karen armed group constructs building in village
August 25, 2023
HURFOM: A junta-controlled Karen armed group, known as the Kayin Ever Peace Army, began construction in early August of a building near the village hospital in Ta Ra Nar village, Kyikemayaw Township, in Mon State.
Read moreMilitary unit arrests three villagers in Dawei: Believed to be used as porters
August 25, 2023
HURFOM: A military unit conducting operations in the Eastern Wood Region, of Dawei Township, in the Tenasserim Division arrested three local villagers.
Read moreWoman steps on a landmine in Bilin, sustains multiple injuries
August 25, 2023
HURFOM: On August 23, 2023, a woman from Ma Yan Gone village, Bilin Township, in Mon State stepped on a landmine and suffered a serious injury, according to a local rescue team.
Read moreTaung Pyauk residents flee homes due to military operation
August 24, 2023
HURFOM: In the morning of August 21, 2023, a junta’s military unit invaded the Taung Pyauk village tract, in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division.
As a result, many residents fled from their homes.
Read moreOne killed and two injured due to junta’s reckless shooting
August 24, 2023
HURFOM: On August 19, 2023, the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defense Force attacked the military near Taung Kyar Inn Bridge, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.
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