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Junta issues directive to increase conscription numbers through arrests

HURFOM: In Thaton Township, Mon State, the Director of the Township General Administration Department has given a verbal instruction that when two men are riding the same motorbike, they will be arrested and immediately sent to military training camps.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Condemns Reports of Extortion and Abuse of Power by Prison Authorities in Southeastern Burma

For Immediate Release

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is alarmed at reports of extortion and abuse of power against political prisoners and their families in prisons in targeted areas of Tanintharyi region, Mon State and Karen State.

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Junta seals and seized freelance reporter’s house after arrest and killing him

HURFOM: At about 1 pm on November 22^nd, 2024, a joint team of the military junta sealed and seized the house of a freelance reporter Ko Htet Myat in Lat Pya village, Hlell Lan Kuu village tract, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State.

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Junta shoots and kills local man in Yebyu

HURFOM: Locals reported to HURFOM that on November 24^th, 2024, the military junta shot and killed an elderly man from Kyauk Whut Gone village, Thit Toe Dough village tract, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

A military regiment who was active in the west bank of Yebyu Township entered Kyauk Whut Gone village via a jungle route. They battled with the People’s Defense Force along the way.

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Pregnant woman sustains serious injury in a shooting incident in Ah Sin village

HURFOM: At about 4 pm on November 25^th, 2024, members of a local militia group stationed at the entrance of Ah Sin village, Ye Township, Mon State stopped four young men who were riding two motorbikes. The men did not follow the order, so the militia members shot at them and subsequently arrested them.

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Voice Up IV: A Gendered Lens on Human Rights in Southeastern Burma (Sep-Nov 2024)

Introduction

This report is the fourth 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.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases Fourth Report in the “Voice Up” Series: A Gendered Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Southeastern BurmaSeptember – November 2024

27 November 2024

For Immediate Release

Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases the fourth and final report of the year in the Voice Up series, which focuses on the gendered impacts of the attempted coup in Southeastern Burma throughout the year. The findings from September to November 2024 indicate an ongoing decline in women’s rights and their fundamental freedoms. Attacks against innocent civilians continue with impunity and a lack of meaningful intervention by the international community. The first update was published at the beginning of March 2024, the second followed in June 2024, and the third most recently released in September 2024.

In targeted areas of Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, the military junta has killed 176 women since the coup on February 1, 2021, in addition to 370 women wounded and 196 individuals unlawfully arrested and detained. The military has also murdered 48 children and injured 80 others. These statistics include HURFOM’s latest numbers, which found 15 women killed, 27 wounded, and 19 arbitrarily arrested. Additionally, seven were killed, and 13 suffered injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening. The military junta was the sole perpetrator of the crimes detailed in this report. 

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Junta’s regiment burns down houses and arrests villagers in Tenasserim

HURFOM: In the morning of November 23^rd, 2024, a junta’s regiment consisting of 80 troops based in Za Well village entered Pyin Won village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division. The regiment burnt down houses and arrested villagers, according to the locals and resistance forces.

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Mother and daughter injured by junta’s indiscriminate attack in Thane Za Yet

HURFOM: On November 22^nd, 2024, the 310^th artillery regiment based in Thane Za Yet launched an indiscriminate artillery attack on Thone Kwa village, Thane Za Yet Town, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State. The artillery shells dropped on a residential house and injured a mother and her daughter.

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Mawrawaddy Navy Command arrests and extorts Phaung Taw villager

HURFOM: On November 20^th, 2024, the Mawrawaddy Navy Command arrested 35-year-old Ko Aung Htwe from Phuang Taw village, Thel Chaung village tract, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division after accusing him of having connections with the People’s Defense Force.

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