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

Escalation of Conflict in Rakhine State Calls for Support of Targeted and Vulnerable Groups

No one is safe in the presence or custody of the Burma Army. As the situation worsens in Rakhine State, crimes against civilians are being committed by the military junta and Arakan Army. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) joined a statement signed by 195 civil society and revolutionary organizations to condemn and oppose any ethnic armed groups, including Rohingya armed groups, that are collaborating with the terrorist military junta and abusing the public.

HURFOM has witnessed and documented the brutality of the Burma Army in our target areas of Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region. We stand to defend all of those who have been oppressed by all military forces. Ethnic revolution organizations, in particular, have a moral obligation to protect their communities from the violence deployed by the junta. The Arakan Army is no exception.

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No trace of Phar Chaung resident arrested by unknown armed group

HURFOM: On April 30th, 2024, a man from Phar Chaung village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested by an unknown armed group, and there has been no trace of him since his arrest.

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Six killed and 22 injured by artillery attacks

HURFOM: According to a statement by the Karen National Union, within three weeks, from May 1st to the 21st, 2024, the military junta’s indiscriminate artillery attack killed six villagers and injured another 22 from Kyike Hto, Bilin and Thaton Township, Mon State,

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Pilot project teaching Mon language in government schools canceled

HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) had agreed with the military council to start a pilot project to teach the Mon language in government schools in three townships in the coming 2024-25 academic year. However, the project has been canceled, due to the military council’s failure to implement the agreement.

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Six Mawlamyine residents arrested

On May 10th, 2024, six men from Chauk Mile Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State were arrested by the military junta after being accused of providing support to the People’s Defense Force.

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Cases of forceful disappearance on the rise in Yebyu

HURFOM: Since early 2024, the number of cases of forceful disappearance have been on the rise in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Unknown armed groups have been arresting and forcefully disappearing local villagers, after accusing them of working as military informants.

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One woman killed, another injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On May 17^th, 2024, the military junta targeted Pha Yar Gyi village in the Gyaing River region, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a local woman and injured another.

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Junta’s artillery attacks injure two villagers in Thaton

HURFOM: On May 16th and 17th, 2024, the 9th Light Infantry Battalion launched artillery attacks on villages in V Yaw village track, Thaton Township, Mon State.   There were no active armed clashes at the time.  The attacks injured two villagers, according to the statement by the Thaton District Karen National Union.

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Junta’s air assault kills child in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: On May 17th, 2024, a 15-year-old from Gone Nyin Sate village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division was killed by a junta air assault. 

“On that day, we saw smoke coming out from Ka Net Thiri and Ka Twelve villages.” said a Ka Net Thiri resident.

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Junta promises village rehabilitation program but fails to deliver

HURFOM: On April 24th, 2024, the Mon State military junta announced that displaced persons from Dhammasa, Than Ga Long, Kywe Gone and Ta Ra Nar villages, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State could return to their homes and begin a rehabilitation program.

The Mon State Chief Minister and its government officials promised 1.1 million MMK would be dispensed to support each displaced villager who lost their homes to fire.

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