Junta targets Dawei Special Economic Zone with air assault during Cyclone Mocha
May 18, 2023
HURFOM: Residents of Nabu Lae village, Yephyu Township, confirmed the junta’s military attacked the area around Nabu Lae village at 9 am local time. The area is where the Dawei Special Economic Zone project is located.
“At about 4:00 am, there was an intense battle between the junta forces and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) near the Dawei Special Economic Zone in Wat Chaung, Nabu Lae area, northwestern Dawei,” said a source from Nabulae, who talked to HURFOM reporters.
Read moreAbout 40 residents arrested after attack by junta’s battalion
May 18, 2023
HURFOM: On May 8, 2023, the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the People Defense Forces attacked the 97th Light Infantry Battalion based at Kaw Ka Rate Town, Karen State.
Since that attack, the military junta has continuously been arresting residents. As of today, about 40 residents were arrested and detained.
Read moreJunta troops raid village in Tha Yet Chaung: Abduct 14 villagers
May 17, 2023
HURFOM: Early morning of May 10, the junta military consisting of more than 30 soldiers from the 403rd Infantry Battalion raided Nyaung Zin village in Tha Yet Chaung Township, #Dawei and abducted roughly 14 villagers, including five women.
According to eyewitnesses, those taken were beaten on the road.
Read moreJunta arrests two villagers and seize properties in Kyaik Hto
May 17, 2023
HURFOM: On March 22, 2023, junta soldiers accused two villagers living in Sit Taung village, Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State of supporting the People Defense Forces and arrested them.
Read moreJunta’s troop arrested eight villagers in Tha Yet Chaung
May 17, 2023
HURFOM: On May 8 and 9, 2023, the junta’s troops entered the villages of Well Yit and Ya Ngae in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division and arrested eight villagers.
Read moreJunta’s troops commit crimes against humanity in Tenasserim Division
May 16, 2023
HURFOM: Dawei residents are reporting that t junta’s troops are committing crimes against humanity in the Tenasserim Region by arresting local civilians and using them as human shields during armed conflicts.
The use of human shields is forbidden by Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions. It is also a specific intent war crime as codified in the Rome Statute, which was adopted in 1998.
Read moreTwo innocent villagers arrested and tortured by junta council soldiers: 70 households flee in fear
May 16, 2023
HURFOM: The Junta troops attacked the People’s Defense Armed Forces and arbitrarily arrested and tortured the local residents in townships of the Tenasserim Region.
According to a HURFOM field team report from May 9th, an eyewitness confirmed that two men from the village of Wae Yit village in Thayet-Chaung Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Region, were stopped and searched. They were then arrested under false pretences and beaten by the junta troops.
Read moreIndiscriminate attack of Junta’s troop forces villagers to flee
May 15, 2023
HURFOM: The junta’s troops have been launching indiscriminate attacks in Kaw Hlar, Mi Galon and surrounding villages in Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.
The battle between the Burmese military and the joint forces of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People Defense Forces has been intensifying in Kaw Ka Rate Township. The military has responded with indiscriminate artillery attacks and air assaults.
Read moreNumber of COVID-19 patients on the rise again in Mon State
May 15, 2023
HURFOM: Since the last week of April, 2023, the number of COVID-19 patients in Mon State has started to rise. According to the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the junta, more than 40 patients were detected from April 26 to May 5, 2023.
“The COVID-19 infection rate is increasing again but people are having a normal life. They are not wearing masks. The Ministry of Health hasn’t released any public health instructions,” said a resident from Thanbyuzayat Township.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
May 15, 2023
HURFOM | May Week Two
As the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) documents the military junta’s ongoing atrocities and war crimes, impunity only continues to thrive as the international community fails to respond. During the most recent ASEAN summit last week, regional leadership refused to take progressive steps forward to hold the Burma Army accountable.
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