Junta’s artillery attack kills a woman and injures three in Pa La

July 1, 2024

HURFOM: On June 28th, 2024, the Pa La Town police station in Pa La Town, Pu Law Township, Myeik District, Tenasserim Division launched an indiscriminate artillery attack on the town.  Artillery shells exploded at the central market of Pa La Town.

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3,000 residents from Dawei District flee from their homes

July 1, 2024

HURFOM: Since June 19th, 2024, more than 3,000 residents from nine villages have had to flee their homes due to constant and indiscriminate artillery attacks by the Mawrawaddy Navy Command, as well as air assaults and junta operations.

The nine villages were under the control of the Dawei District New Mon State Party in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division

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Junta’s artillery attack kills villager and injures two in Kyike Hto

July 1, 2024

HURFOM: On June 25th, 2024, the 310th artillery regiment based in Thane Za Yet, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State had launched an indiscriminate artillery attack that killed a villager and injured two others in Kyike Hto. There were no active armed clashes in the area to provoke the attack.

The artillery explosion killed 20-year-old Ma Hla Ya Min and injured a 35-year-old man and a nine-year-old child.

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June 2024: Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

July 1, 2024

Women and Children Face Ongoing Risks to their Safety and Security Amid Increasing Attacks by the Military Junta

Women & Children Targeted by Junta Attacks

According to the latest Internal Displacement Monitoring Center estimates, nearly 3 million people are displaced across Burma. Local organizations report even higher approximations, including the Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People (CIDKP), whose recent data show over one million people displaced in Karen State alone. These numbers reveal a situation of extreme devastation for local people who have had their lives uprooted by conflict fueled by an illegitimate and corrupt military.

Data collected by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) also reveals distress and uncertainty. As the armed resistance movement increasingly gains more ground, Burma Army soldiers are scaling up attacks that have targeted local populations. Women and children are being killed in their homes, places of worship, hospitals and schools.

At the beginning of the month, an explosion occurred on June 4th at a basic education primary school in the Eain Shwet Pyin ward of Dawei Town. The blast resulted in the death of one third-grade student and injuries to 26 others, according to local sources.

The explosion, believed to have been caused by a bomb, happened around noon during the lunch break. Among the injured were eleven male students and fifteen female students. Tragically, a nine-year-old third-grade boy lost his life.

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