Phaung Taw villager arrested by junta
October 8, 2024
HURFOM: On October 1st, 2024, the military junta arrested a 20-year-old man from Phaung Taw village, Kan Bauk area, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.
According to a source close to the family, Ko Than Htike was riding his motorbike on the village road when he was stopped by the junta troops hiding beside the road. After checking his mobile phone, the troops accused them of having contact with the People’s Defense Force and arrested him.
Read moreMother and two children injured by junta’s drone attack in Kyikemayaw
October 8, 2024
HURFOM: On October 5th, 2024, the 81st Light Infantry Battalion based in Zar Tha Pyin village, Karen State used drones to drop bombs on Kyune Kone village, Ta Ra Nar village tract, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State. There has been no active armed clash in the area to warrant the drone attacks.
Read moreDetail questions in census frighten local villagers
October 8, 2024
HURFOM: The military junta announced they are conducting the national census from October 1st to 15th, 2024. Soldiers, police members, staff from the Immigration Department, schoolteachers and staff and officials from the General Administration Department are tasked with conducting the census.
The census is being conducted door to door in wards and villages across Mon State.
Read moreJunta’s artillery and air attacks bar villagers from returning to their homes
October 8, 2024
HURFOM: On August 18th, 2024, the Karen National Liberation Army and its alliance forces attacked the junta’s strategic regiment in Ah Nan Kwin village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State resulting in an intense battle.
Read moreTwo women accused of supporting PDF sentenced to 15-year imprisonment
October 7, 2024
HURFOM: In early August, 2024, two local women, Ma Nan Ye and Ma Moe Khine both from Aung Mitta Ward, Ye Town, Mon State were arrested by the military junta at their homes after being accused of supporting the People’s Defense Force. The junta has charged them under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Read moreJunta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks force residents of “Gyaing River” to flee homes
October 7, 2024
HURFOM: Since September 29th, 2024, the junta’s 81st Light Infantry Battalion based in Zar-Tha-Byin has been targeting Dhammasa, Tar Ra Nar, Kaw Bane and other villages in the “Gyaing River” area, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State with indiscriminate artillery attacks.
Read moreJunta’s drone attack killed a child in Tenasserim Township
October 7, 2024
HURFOM: On October 2nd, 2024, the junta’s 306th artillery regiment used a drone to drop three bombs on Western Maw Tone village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division. The bombs exploded between the village school and a house.
Read moreTelecommunication network cut off in Pauk Pin Kwin
October 7, 2024
HURFOM: Since September 1st, 2024, the telecommunication network in Pauk Pin Kwin village, Kan Bauk region, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim has been cut off and villagers are experiencing communication problems.
Only the Mytel operator is available in Ye Township at the moment and the telecommunication tower has to operate with a gasoline generator. However, the company’s staff have not come to refuel the generator creating a telecommunication blackout in the area.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Junta Targets Civilians in Violent Interrogations
October 7, 2024
The Burma Army is desperate for legitimacy. As the regime continues to lose critical bases and territory, its retaliatory response has targeted innocent civilians. In target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, villagers are among the hardest hit when the junta deploys its offensives.
Enforced disappearances and abductions are being reported across the region as those suspected of any ties or allegiances to pro-democracy forces are not heard from following their arbitrary arrests. These sinister acts further prove the junta’s desperation and quest for control through all means.
Read moreVillager injured and three houses destroyed by artillery explosion in Kyike Hto
October 4, 2024
HURFOM: On September 30th, 2024, the 207th Light Infantry Battalion and the 310th artillery regiment both based in Thane Za Yet, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State were attacked by joint resistance forces.
In response, the junta launched at least 35 indiscriminate artillery attacks on Thone Kwa and Ye Kyaw villages which injured a villager and destroyed three houses, according to the Thaton District Karen National Union.
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