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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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Junta’s forces manipulate security restrictions and extorts money from residents

HURFOM: Since August, 2024, junta’s soldiers, police members and leader of local militia groups in some townships, Mon State have “stopped and checked” pedestrians who have passed their check-points and residents who have gone outside at night and extorted money from them after accusing them of breaching security restrictions.

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20 civilians arrested in Pa La Battle not released yet

HURFOM: In the morning of September 4^th, 2024, there had been a battle between the military junta and the resistance forces in Pa La Town, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division.

Soon after the battle, the military junta has arrested every resident they found in the strett in Pa La Town on September 4^th and 5^th and they have detained more than 60 residents including elderly persons and women.

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Junta’s artillery attack injuries three civilians in Hnit Ka Yin

HURFOM: On September 5^th, 2024, the Maw Ka Nin based 317^th artillery regiment launched an artillery attack to “Yar Ma Nya” Gas Station nearby the entrance of Hnit Ka Yin village, Ye Township, Mon State and the artillery explosion injured three civilians.

The joint resistance forces were doing “stop and check” while the artillery shell dropped and exploded and the explosion injured a couple of betel nut shop and a female pedestrian.

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Junta threatens donors who provide health care to political prisoners

HURFOM: The junta do not provide a good and fair health care system in prisons across Burma and it has also monitored and threatened individual or group or organization who provides health care to political prisoners.

“Political prisoners don’t have money so treatment is delayed. Some are in critical condition so their family members have to borrow money from their friends,” said a social worker who helps political prisoner.

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Junta’s artillery attack kills a civilian in Ka Lane Aung

HURFOM: On September 1^st, 2024, Kan Bauk based Mawrawaddy Navy Command launched artillery attack to Ka Lane Aung Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim and one of the artillery shells dropped and exploded on a house of 50-year-old U Maung Thein who lived in Aung Mittar 3^rd Street, Ka Lane Aung Town.

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region

Series of Landmine Explosions in Local Villages Leave Several Injured

In recent weeks, the number of landmine-related injuries has surged in target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region. Landmines continue to be a hazard for civilians, causing death and injury. Unseen often before it is too late, the junta intentionally places landmines in civilian areas. Burma has not acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty, despite an initiative launched by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 2003.

In Thanbyuzayat Township of Mon State, several residents suffered severe injuries and life-threatening wounds. These incidents, occurring near the Eon Saw Mon rubber factory and surrounding areas, underscore the growing danger posed by landmines in the region.

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Two local men injured by junta’s artillery attack

HURFOM: On September 3^rd, 2024, the 207^th artillery regiment attacked the downtown area of Thane
Za Yet Town, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State and one of the artillery shells dropped and exploded nearby the “Ah Nyar Thar Lay” Restaurant located in front of the “Dhamma Duta” Monastery.

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