Party registration process stalled but MUP officials are still optimistic
October 11, 2023
HURFOM: The Mon Unity Party (MUP) re-applied for registration under military junta’s electoral law on March 15, 2023 but there has been no progress after nearly eight months. Despite the long delay, the party’s high ranking officials are still optimistic.
Read moreResidents from five villages flee as military launches operation in Yebyu Township
October 11, 2023
HURFOM: On October 9, 2023, the military junta launched an operation in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division and forcefully evacuated residents from five villages.
The military junta has been launching operations in villages along the western coast of Ye Township for 13 days, — from September 22 to October 4. As of October 9, another 50 troops have come to reinforce the regiment.
Read moreJunta’s limitation on motorcycle movement in Thaton creates problem for drivers
October 11, 2023
HURFOM: On October 3, 2023, a retired captain from Kyar Pan village, Durian Sake village track, Thaton Township, Mon State was shot and killed.
On October 6, the junta’s Thaton Township Administration Council issued a local order banning two men from riding the same motorcycle.
Read morePa La residents arrested by the junta: No reasons provided
October 10, 2023
HURFOM: On October 8th, 2023, a 55-year-old man from Ward #3, Pa La Town, Pu Law Township, Myike District, Tenasserim Division was arrested by the military junta.
While driving his motorcycle taxi, U Thein Tan encountered the military patrol and was arrested.
Read moreTwo civilians injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate
October 10, 2023
HURFOM: On the evening of October 6th, 2023, two artillery shells were dropped and exploded in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State and the explosion injured a 10-year-old child and 46-year-old man, according to a local rescue team.
Read moreThousands of residents flee homes following large influx of military in Long Lone
October 10, 2023
HURFOM: On October 4, 2023, the military base in Kyauk Ni Maw village, Long Lone Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division was attacked. In response, the military junta deployed around 100 troops via a sea route to reinforce their base.
The arrival of the military led to more than 1,000 villagers from three surrounding villages having to flee their homes.
Read moreTwo residents arrested for defaming junta’s leader on social media
October 9, 2023
HURFOM: In the first week of October, 2023, the military junta arrested two local residents from Bilin and Paung Township, Mon State, after accusing them of defaming the junta’s leader on social media.
On October 2, the military junta raided the house of Ko Min Myat Tun Aung in Ah Lu village, Bilin Township and arrested him. The junta accused him of using the “Min Tun Myat Aung” Facebook account to defame the junta’s leader on social media.
Read moreJunta conducts census in Mawlamyine and Kyikemayaw Townships
October 9, 2023
HURFOM: On October 1, 2023, the military junta started conducting a census in Mawlamyine and Kyikemayaw Townships, Mon State, according to local sources.
“The junta informed us to stay at home when they came to conduct the census. If not, we must go to the ward administration office and explain why,” said a local villager from Kyikemayaw Township.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
October 9, 2023
HURFOM, First Week of October
Last week, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released the findings from our monthly overview. In September 2023, HURFOM fieldworkers reported that 82 people were arrested, 50 detained, 38 injured, and 14 killed. These numbers continue to rise week after week, month after month, and now, two and a half years after the failed coup, the junta continues to commit acts of senseless violence.
In a reported release over the last week, between January and June 2023, HURFOM documented that 146 civilians were killed, 315 injured, and 840 civilians arrested and detained. These numbers are particularly worrying given that by the end of 2022, HURFOM reported that at least 1,155 innocent people had been arrested and detained, 146 killed, including 26 women and children, and nearly 500 injured, of which 120 were women and children. Across our findings, impunity for all the crimes committed remains consistent.
Read moreLaw comes from the barrel of a gun
October 6, 2023
HURFOM: “Just kill my son if he works as an informant for the military junta. I won’t complain about that. But it isn’t true now. He is the one who has fed us. It’s totally brutal,” mourned a mother of a Long Lone resident who was killed by the Long Lone Township People’s Defense Force (PDF).
On September 26, 2023, the Long Lone PDF announced they arrested and killed seven military junta’s informers between July to September, 2023.
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