More than 50,000 residents forced to flee homes in Tenasserim Division
June 18, 2024
HURFOM: In May, 2024, more than 50,000 residents of Dawei and Myeik Districts, Tenasserim Division had to flee their homes due to armed conflicts, artillery attacks and air assaults.
31,800 residents from Dawei, Long Lone, Yebyu and Tha Yet Chaung Townships of Dawei District and 24,500 residents from Pu Law, Myeik, Kyune Su and Tenasserim Townships of Myeik District have been forcefully displaced.
Read moreWeekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
June 17, 2024
Insecurity Caused by the Military Junta Undermine Education Pathways
The impacts of the ongoing conflict in Southeastern Burma continue to devastate communities and separate families. The junta’s forcibly enacted Conscription Law has only contributed further to the worsening state of unrest and uncertainty. In target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, local people are fearful of indiscriminate firing, including air and ground attacks, as well as landmines and the possibility of escalated tensions. In the Burma Army’s bid to lose control, they are increasingly targeting innocent people. The impacts have been consequential, including delays to student education pathways.
Read moreExam pass rate of Mon national school students drops significantly
June 14, 2024
HURFOM: The matriculation exam results for the 2023-24 academic year were released on June 11th, 2024 and only ten students from the three Mon national high schools passed the exam this year. The three schools operate under the Mon National Education Committee.
Read moreJunta extorts money from drivers of unlicensed vehicles and forced them to serve as porters
June 13, 2024
HURFOM: The military junta has been checking unlicensed vehicles in Ah Baw and Ah Sin villages, Ye Township, Mon State and if they discover an unlicensed vehicle, they extort money from the driver. They also record the address and the contact number of the driver and threaten them to help them with transportation when there is any military movement.
Read moreJunta seized houses and cash from local villagers in Yebyu
June 13, 2024
HURFOM: On June 7th 2024, the military junta accused a couple from Yar Phu Yaw Thit village, Yar Phu village track, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division of supporting the People’s Defense Forces and seized 10-million MMK in cash and two mobile phones from them.
Read moreTwo civilians injured in a shooting at funeral in Bilin
June 12, 2024
HURFOM: On June 9th, 2024, two unknown gunmen attacked a funeral event of a police sergeant in Pauk Kwel village, Pauk Taw village track, Bilin Township, Mon state, killing two police informants. Two civilians were also injured in the attack.
Read moreArmed group injures student in Long Lone
June 12, 2024
HURFOM: On June 4rth, 2024, the Spring Guerrilla Force shot and injured a 14-year-old student, named Maung Thet Pine Myo near Ka Byar village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.
The Spring Guerrilla Force was conducting a ‘stop and check’ of vehicles near Ma Beat Mount. Maung Thet Pine Myo was traveling by a car when he was shot at.
Read moreMinisters abuse power trying to forcefully remove landowners in Dawei
June 11, 2024
HURFOM: In March, 2023, the Chief Minister and the Minister of the Karen Ethnic Affairs of Tenasserim Division attempted to forcefully remove a farm family from their land. The family owns more than one acre of farmland in Htein Thit Ward, Dawei City, Dawei District, Tenasserim Division.
Ownership of the land is contested and the matter is before the Dawei District Court.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack kills four family members in Yebyu
June 11, 2024
HURFOM: On June 7th, 2024, the military junta launched an artillery attack on Yar Phu new village, Yar Phu village track, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division that killed four family members including an 8-month newborn child.
There was a battle at noon around Yar Phu new village near Ka Lane Aung Town, and the Mawrawaddy Navy Command responded with artillery attacks. The artillery shells exploded on residents’ houses.
Read moreJunta’s artillery injures five family members including three children in Ye
June 10, 2024
HURFOM: On June 5th, 2024, a Major from the 106th Light Infantry Battalion based in Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State was captured by the resistance forces.
In response, the battalion launched an indiscriminate artillery attack at 9 pm on June 5th that injured five family members including three children.
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- Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region
- Family members arrested in Bilin
- Social workers and residents arrested after being accused of supporting PDF
- Junta extorts individuals using VPN applications on their mobile phones
- Displaced villagers from airport project face accommodation hardships
- Dawei youth go abroad to avoid conscription
- Substitutes for compulsory military service cost as much as 6 million MMK
- One man killed and ten men arrested in Maung Mell Shaung
- Air assault injures child and damages two houses in Tenasserim
- Junta’s artillery attack injures father and daughter in Kyike Hto
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