Three killed and fifteen injured by reckless artillery attacks in Kyike Hto in just over month
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: According to data collected by HURFOM, from the start of June to the first week of July, 2024, three civilians were killed while another fifteen, including children, were injured by the junta’s reckless and constant artillery attacks.
In June, a 10-year-old novice, a 14-year-old girl and 20-year-old lady were killed by junta’s reckless artillery attacks while two monks and other four civilians were injured by the attacks.
Read moreJunta’s air assault injures two civilians in Tenasserim
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: On July 13th, 2024, the military junta targeted Thar Ra Phone and Pa Wa villages, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division with reckless and multiple air assaults that injured two innocent civilians.
The military junta dropped at least 18 bombs using jet fighters, the local villagers reported HURFOM.
Read moreJunta forces arrest four villagers: Uses them as human shield
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: On July 13th, 2024, the military junta launched a military operation targeting villages in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. Four villagers including a 16-year-old child were arrested and used as a human shield.
Beginning July 11th, the regiment consisting of about 200 troops moved through Sin Ku, Sin Kyan and Chauk Chaung villages, which are beside the Dawei-Myeik Highway Road.
Read moreRice farming declines in Kyikemayaw due to armed conflict and security concerns
July 16, 2024
HURFOM: Rice farming in the rainy season usually starts in May in Burma, but due to armed conflicts and security concerns, only a small number of farmers in Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State are starting their rice farming.
Mon State has nearly 700,000 acres of rice farming in the rainy season and Kyikemayaw Township has 56,000 acres of farming. making it a major contributor.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
July 15, 2024
A weekly update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) on the situation on the ground. Summary data includes Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region.
As the military junta in Burma continues to commit widespread human rights violations, civilians are constantly fleeing to seek shelter and protection. Worryingly, the Burma Army has also intensified its surveillance tactics and is adding checkpoints to critical routes and then extorting those trying to pass. This comes amid rising inflation, including rice prices, which have left families struggling to survive.
At least thirteen villagers have been arrested, with some killed and others missing. Over the past week, junta troops entered Yebyu Township, capturing and killing several villagers while leaving others unaccounted for. Residents from the Zar Dee village tract, located in the Kan Bauk area and Dawei Special Economic Zone, reported the abductions and subsequent killings. Locals discovered the bodies of the captured and killed villagers.
Detainee not released even after 15 days of arrest
July 15, 2024
HURFOM: On June 28th, 2024, the Mawrawaddy Navy Command arrested 29-year-old Ko Soe Pine, from Mi Kyaung Hlaung village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division at his home.
Ko Soe Pine has not been released despite it being 15 days since his arrest. Family members have not been able to contact him.
Read moreJunta’s forces recklessly kill girl in Long Lone
July 15, 2024
HURFOM: On July 10th, 2024, junta forces recklessly shot and killed a 17-year-old girl from Tha Pyar village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim.
According to local sources, the military junta battled with the People’s Defense Force in the morning and then searched a house in front of “Nat Ye Yadanar” monastery. At that time, Ma Thet Htar Kine aka Ma Yine Yine Lay came out from a bomb shelter and the junta’s forces shot and killed her.
Read moreWoman sustains serious leg injury from landmine explosion
July 15, 2024
HURFOM: On July 2nd, 2024, a 55-year-old woman Daw Shwe Shwe Tin, from Too Myaung village, Ye Township, Mon State stepped on a landmine while searching for bamboo shoots in a plantation nearby the 586th Light Infantry Battalion and sustained aserious leg injury. according to local sources.
According to a resident from the village “The woman is receiving treatment at the Ye General Hospital now. She will have to be transported to the “Well Zin” Hospital of the New Mon State Party to have her leg amputated.”
Read moreWoman killed by bomb dropped by drone in Kaw Bane
July 12, 2024
HURFOM: On July 8th, 2024, two drones dropped four bombs on Kaw Bane village, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State killing a local woman and damaging three houses.
The deceased, 62-year-old Daw Khwar Mi, died on the way to the Mawlamyine General Hospital.
Read moreJunta’s EPC extorts huge sums from Mawlamyine residents for dubious electricity bills
July 11, 2024
HURFOM: Since February 1, 2021, Mawlamyine residents’ access to electricity has been limited to three to six hours a day. Since July, 2024, the Electricity Providing Committee (EPC) of the military junta is claiming that residents have to pay overdue electricity bills, amounting to tens of thousands of MMK.
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