Six killed and 22 injured by artillery attacks
May 24, 2024
HURFOM: According to a statement by the Karen National Union, within three weeks, from May 1st to the 21st, 2024, the military junta’s indiscriminate artillery attack killed six villagers and injured another 22 from Kyike Hto, Bilin and Thaton Township, Mon State,
Read morePilot project teaching Mon language in government schools canceled
May 24, 2024
HURFOM: The New Mon State Party (NMSP) had agreed with the military council to start a pilot project to teach the Mon language in government schools in three townships in the coming 2024-25 academic year. However, the project has been canceled, due to the military council’s failure to implement the agreement.
Read moreSix Mawlamyine residents arrested
May 22, 2024
On May 10th, 2024, six men from Chauk Mile Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State were arrested by the military junta after being accused of providing support to the People’s Defense Force.
Read moreCases of forceful disappearance on the rise in Yebyu
May 22, 2024
HURFOM: Since early 2024, the number of cases of forceful disappearance have been on the rise in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division. Unknown armed groups have been arresting and forcefully disappearing local villagers, after accusing them of working as military informants.
Read moreOne woman killed, another injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate
May 22, 2024
HURFOM: On May 17th, 2024, the military junta targeted Pha Yar Gyi village in the Gyaing River region, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a local woman and injured another.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attacks injure two villagers in Thaton
May 21, 2024
HURFOM: On May 16th and 17th, 2024, the 9th Light Infantry Battalion launched artillery attacks on villages in V Yaw village track, Thaton Township, Mon State. There were no active armed clashes at the time. The attacks injured two villagers, according to the statement by the Thaton District Karen National Union.
Read moreJunta’s air assault kills child in Tha Yet Chaung
May 21, 2024
HURFOM: On May 17th, 2024, a 15-year-old from Gone Nyin Sate village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division was killed by a junta air assault.
“On that day, we saw smoke coming out from Ka Net Thiri and Ka Twelve villages.” said a Ka Net Thiri resident.
Read moreJunta promises village rehabilitation program but fails to deliver
May 20, 2024
HURFOM: On April 24th, 2024, the Mon State military junta announced that displaced persons from Dhammasa, Than Ga Long, Kywe Gone and Ta Ra Nar villages, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State could return to their homes and begin a rehabilitation program.
The Mon State Chief Minister and its government officials promised 1.1 million MMK would be dispensed to support each displaced villager who lost their homes to fire.
Read moreResident killed by unexploded ordnance in Kaw Ka Rate
May 20, 2024
HURFOM: On May 14th, 2024, unexploded ordnance dropped by the military junta killed a man from Ward 2 of Kaw Ka Rate town, in Karen State.
50-year-old U Tun Tun Aye, had just returned after fleeing his home, which had been subject to an artillery attack. While cleaning debris with a shovel from around his house, he struck and exploded a leftover artillery shell.
Read moreHURFOM Weekly Update: Targeting of Civilians by the Junta Increases in Tanintharyi Region
May 20, 2024
HURFOM, Third Week of May 2024
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is deeply concerned over the escalation of attacks by the Burma Army against civilians in the Tanintharyi region. In the last week alone, aerial and ground attacks increased in Yebyu and Tha Yat Chaung, which forced more than 100 people to flee, including pregnant women and children.
In areas like Kanet Thiri, Gone Nyin Sate, Thae Lan, Chaung Wa Pyin, Sone Sin, and Se Taw, where revolutionary forces are fighting to take control, the junta has launched marine and air strikes, forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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