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Telecommunication networks cut off in Dawei’s Eastern Forest Area

HURFOM: Since September 1^st, 2024, the telecommunication network has been cut off in villages in the Dawei Eastern Forest Area, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division.

Since after the attempted coup, only the Atom (Telenor) operator is available in this area. 

Telecommunication towers have to be run with gasoline generators due to the lack of electricity. However, the company’s staff have not come to refuel the generator since September 1^st creating a telecommunication blackout from Wa Gone to Hein Dar villages.

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Passenger and two residents injured in Bilin Battle

HURFOM: On September 9^th, 2024, the joint resistance forces had attacked the “Tan Da Dar” security gate of the military junta nearby Tha Pyay Ne village, Bilin Township, Mon State and there was a heavy battle between two groups.

A passenger truck was stuck in the battle and a 37-year-old passenger Daw K Thi Oo who was from Ye Township was shot and sustained an injury at her waist.

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Medicine shortage in Mon State brings trouble for patients with chronic diseases

HURFOM: For the last three years, since the attempted coup, the military junta does not have sufficient US Dollars to import needed medicines, resulting in frequent shortages of medicine across Burma.

Since June, 2024, hospitals, clinics and pharmacy stores have experienced shortages, especially medicines needed for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart and kidney diseases.

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Junta’s air assault injures child and an adult in Kyarinnseikyi

HURFOM: On September 9^th, 2024, a military junta fighter jet dropped a 300-pound bomb on Kyone Kha Wun village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State and the ensuing explosion seriously injured a three-year-old child, Maung Win Min Nine, and 60-year-old U Maung Pane.

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Local man beaten and arrested by junta’s security forces in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: At about 8 pm on September 4^th, 2024, the security forces stationed at the “Pan Taw” security gate in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division beat and arrested 30-year-old Ko Myoe Myint Nine.

Ko Myoe Myint Nine is from Tha Yet Hna Kwa village. He was stopped by security forces while traveling to Tha Yet Chaung Town. The forces claimed they found a lottery paper produced by the National Unity Government in the toolbox of his motorbike.

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Junta’s soldier suspected of raping and killing his lover

HURFOM: Daw Chit Chit Htoo, aka Htoo Htoo worked as a primary school teacher from Mu Kwel village, Chaung Zone Township, Mon State

On September 8^th, 2024, she raped and killed by her lover Aung Thu Hein who is also a soldier with the military junta.

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Junta’s artillery attack injures pedestrian in Bilin

HURFOM: On September 5^th, 2024, the junta’s regiment based at “Pagoda Hill” in Win Pyan village, Bilin Township, Mon State launched nine artillery attacks on Ah Luu Lay village. 

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Woman arrested one month ago at “Chaung Taung” security gate has disappeared

HURFOM: On August 10^th, 2024, 23-year-old Ma Ka Yin Ma from Ya Phue Yaw Thit village, Ya Phue village tract, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested by the junta’s security forces stationed at the Chaung Taung security gate in Ye Township. 

She was returning home after visiting her elder sister who had been admitted to the Ye Township General Hospital.

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“Voice Up Issue 3” Update: Gendered Human Rights Overview in Southeastern Burma (June-August 2024)

Introduction

This report is the third in a series of quarterly updates and analyses, combining data collected from the ground by the Women and Child Rights project of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM). Before the attempted coup in Burma on 1 February 2021, HURFOM published similar content in a bulletin-style format under the title Voice Up. The Women and Children’s Rights project is of utmost importance as it seeks to monitor the situation of women and children in Mon areas and southern Burma and how it relates to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Field staff collect and distribute information and data to our local and international networks. The findings empower and educate women and children in the Mon community by providing information on their rights, according to CEDAW and CRC, and encouraging them to participate in the struggle to protect and enforce their fundamental freedoms.

Activities under the project include:

1. A bi-annual Mon and Burmese-language journal titled: Our Rights Journal
2. Capacity building, which provides training in women’s and children’s rights and training trainers in both areas.
3. Data collection and documentation on topics such as the trafficking of women and children and violence against women and child soldiers.

The cases of human rights violations perpetrated against women presented in this briefing paper are indicative of decades of military impunity. Despite their many challenges, this report is a testament to the dedication and perseverance of the women human rights defenders leading the documentation efforts. [Please continue read this in pdf]

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Junta’s regiment arrests and kills four villagers in Long Lone

HURFOM: On August 30^th, 2024, a junta’s regiment entered Bu Chine village, Sa Khan Gyi village track, Long Lone Township, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division and arrested four local villagers.

Among the arrested, 52-year-old U Kyaw Than was shot and killed on August 31^st. 53-year-old U Phoe Aye was shot and killed on September 1^st and 50-year-old U Ba Shwe was shot and killed on the next day – September 2^nd.

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