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Gambling events take place across Mon State: Symptom of a failure of the rule of law

HURFOM: Under the authority of the military council, gambling events have been publicly organized across Mon and Karen State, and a member of the village/ward Administration department told HURFOM it has been a consequence of the failed rule of law.

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Police officer  conducting surveillance kills  civilian in Paung Township

HURFOM: On January 26th, 2024, a civilian from Zin Bar Ward, Mottama village, Paung Township, Mon State was shot and killed by a police officer from the Mottama Region Police Station, according to the locals.

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Woman injured by junta’s artillery attack in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On January 24th, 2024, the military junta attacked villages in Kyike Hto Township, Mon State.  There were no armed clashes taking place and a local woman was injured and two houses were destroyed.

A regiment had launched a military operation based from the Ah Nyar Zu village, Wall Township, Pegu Division that sent at least ten artillery attacks to villages on the Sit Taung bank in Kyike Hto Township. The artillery shells exploded in Win Kan and Chaung Wa villages.

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Woman loses leg in landmine explosion in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On January 24th, 2024, a local woman stepped on a landmine near Kaw War Lel village, Kyone Doe Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State and lost a leg.

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

HURFOM, Fourth Week of January 2024

As the first week of the year comes to an end, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) continues to observe an increase in the atrocities being perpetrated by the military junta across Southeastern Burma. Civilians have been attempting to return to their daily lives as much as the current circumstances permit. Still, it has been incredibly challenging, given the rising presence of soldiers in local villages. In recent months, particularly towards the second half of 2023, the Burma Army lost many military bases. In retaliation, the junta has been punishing local people with their usual tactics of isolation, fear and intimidation.

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Displaced villagers unable to return home as military operation persists in Kyikemayaw

HURFOM: There have been no armed clashes in the Chaung Hna Kaw region, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State but a military operation persists and armed groups have stationed themselves in the villages.  As a result of this tension displaced villagers are unable to return home.

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Four Kan Bauk residents arrested by junta

HUROFM: On January 23rd, 2024, two men and two women from Kan Bauk Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division were arrested by the military junta at their home at midnight.

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Young girl killed by junta’s artillery attack in Ye Township

HURFOM: On January 20th, 2024, an armed clash between the military junta and the joint revolutionary forces took place near Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State. After the clash, local military bases recklessly and indiscriminately  launched artillery attacks on nearby villages that killed a 12-year-old girl from R Yu Taung village.

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Monk sustains serious injury from landmine near junta’s check-point

HURFOM: On January 19th, 2024, a traveling monk stepped on a landmine near a military junta’s check-point between Tha Yet Hna Kwa and Pan Pyin villages, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division and sustained a serious injury.

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Family members accept monetary compensation for child rape: Rule of law abandoned

HURFOM: According to civil society organizations (CSO) providing support to women and children, In Mon and Karen States, justice is no longer being served.

Since the attempted coup, child rape cases have increased in Mon and Karen States but nearly none have been reported to the police or brought to the courts.

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