Junta shoots at, then arrests three children playing with fireworks in Thaton
October 23, 2024
HURFOM: On October 22nd, 2024, the military junta shot at and arrested three children from Nan Khel Ward, Thaton Town, Mon State.
Read moreNo trace of local woman arrested by unknown armed group in Long Lone
October 22, 2024
HURFOM: On October 10th, 2024, an adult woman from Maung Ma Kan village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested by an unknown armed group. According to family members, there has been no trace of her for ten days since her arrest.
Read moreJunta’s regiment kills three villagers in Long Lone
October 22, 2024
HURFOM: Between October 10th and 16th, 2024, a junta’s regiment consisting of approximately 500 troops launched military operations in Gog Inn, Yebyu, Pain Nell Taw, Ka Dat Nge Htein, Ka Htein Gyi, Sat Pyell and Nyin Maw village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim.
Read moreThree villagers arrested by KTLA found dead
October 22, 2024
HURFOM: On October 2nd, 2024, U Myint Nine and U Than Kywe from Myouk Yaw village, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division hired 62-year-old motorbike taxi driver Saw Sanny Doe aka U Sanny to go to Pa Kar Ri village to buy some iron and lead.
Read moreGrandparents and granddaughter injured by junta’s artillery attack in Than Za Yet
October 21, 2024
HURFOM: On October 12th, 2024, the 207th Light Infantry Battalion based in Than Za Yet, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State launched indiscriminate artillery attacks despite no armed clashes in the nearby area. The attacks injured three grandparents and a granddaughter.
Read moreJunta arrests eight residents in Paung after accusing them of being PDF members
October 21, 2024
HURFOM: On October 4th, 2024, the military junta arrested eight residents from Paung Township, Mon State, accusing them of being the members of the People’s Defense Force.
Since their arrest, there has been no trace of them, according to the sources close to family members.
The junta conducted a “stop and check” on the Yangon-Mawlamyine Highway Road nearby Zin Kyike Town, Paung Township and arrested 14-year-old Maung Aye Chan and 19-year-old Maung Kaung Myat Soe both from Oak Tan Dar village, accusing them of being PDF members.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills a child and a local man in Kyarinnseikyi
October 21, 2024
HURFOM: On October 12th, 2024, the 284th light infantry battalion targeted Kya Khat Chaung village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State with indiscriminate artillery attacks even without having any active armed clash in nearby area and the attack killed a ten-year-old child and a local man.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills a seven-year-old child in Tenasserim
October 21, 2024
HURFOM: On October 9th, 2024, the military junta targeted Ta Mote Chone village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division with artillery and drone attacks even without having active armed clash in the nearby area and the attacks killed a seven-year-old child and injured at least three villagers.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Social Relief Organizations Targeted by the Military Junta
October 21, 2024
Across target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, the junta continues to deploy terror tactics to discourage support for the resistance. Since the attempted coup in Burma on 1 February 2021, the military has used violence as a retaliatory response to the widespread uprisings and condemnation of their failed power bid. Social relief organizations and humanitarian aid workers have been primarily targeted.
On October 9, the junta charged three members of the ‘Pai Shin Mae’ Emergency Rescue group in Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The members, including the group’s chairman, U Ye Min Htike, along with Ko Win Kyi and Ko Too, were arrested on the night of September 18 at 9 PM and have since been prosecuted under Section 50(j) of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Read morePlantation owners in armed conflict zone halt work
October 15, 2024
HURFOM: In 2024, rubber garnered a good price in Mon State but most rubber plantation owners in armed conflict zones have had to halt their harvesting due to security concerns.
The Ye-Thanbyuzayat Road part of the 8th Union Highway Road is currently controlled by the joint resistance forces and the military junta has launched military operations in order to regain control alongside the road.
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