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Ongoing battles means prolonged displacement for many villagers along Karen/Mon border

HURFOM: On August 18^th, 2024, the Karen National Liberation Army and its allied revolutionary forces launched an attack on the Ah Nan Kwin Strategic Military Camp located on the Thanbyuzayat – Three Pagoda Pass Road.   Since the initial attack, which is at the border of the Karen and Mon State intense battles have been on-going.

The battle has been ongoing for more than four months, forcing the entire populations from Ah Nan Kwin, Sa Khan Gyi, Zee Hna Pin, Ye Ta Gon, Yaw Thit, Pa Yaw Hel, U Khway – Daw Yain, That Kaw and Lot Shan villages to flee their homes.

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Man sustains serious injury in landmine explosion at Phar Pon – Ka Ma Maung Road

HURFOM: On November 24^th, 2024, a local man sustained a serious injury from a landmine explosion at the Phar Pon – Ka Ma Maung Road, Phar Pon Township, Karen State.

The man, his wife and son were returning from Mawlamyine to Bot Kyoe Lell village, Phar Pon Township by motorbike, when they ran over a landmine.

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Child killed by landmine in Dawei

HURFOM: On December 1^st, 2024, a 14-year-old child from Ka Nine Dar village, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division stepped on a landmine and was killed by the explosion.

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Junta sentences social worker to 10-year imprisonment in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On November 27^th, 2024, the military junta has sentenced U Mya Aung, a social worker from “Kaw San Nine” social and rescue team, from Kaw San Nile Ward, Kyike Town, Mon State to a 10-year imprisonment after accusing him of having connection with the People’s Defense Force.

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Woman steps on landmine and lose her left foot in Tenasserim

HURFOM: On November 29^th, 2024, 27-year-old woman Ma Thandar Oo from Ram Pho village, Ban La Mut village track, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division had stepped on a landmine while going to collect betel nuts and lost her left foot, according to a local source.

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November 2024: Escalated Attacks Across Southeastern Burma, including Artillery Shelling, Airstrikes and Arson, Threaten Civilian Security

Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) remains alarmed at the increase in attacks perpetrated by the military junta. In the past, HURFOM’s documentation efforts focused on ten townships in Mon State, southern Karen State, and northern Tanintharyi Region, primarily areas bordering Mon State. However, since the military coup, the need for human rights monitoring has increased dramatically as violations have surged across a wider area, such as in such as Kyainnseikyi, Hpa-an, Kawkareik, Myaingkalay, Long Lone, Thayet-Chaung, Yebyu, Palaw, Pala, Boke Pyin, Myeik, Kyun Su, Taninthayi, and Kawthaung.

Throughout the year, the junta’s increased militarization has led to the formation of militia forces, granting them privileges and empowering allied groups to strengthen their control over villages. As a result, there are more threats to personal safety, severe restrictions on livelihoods and travel, and widespread property extortion. Communities have faced ongoing artillery shelling and airstrikes by the junta, often perpetrated when there are no active armed clashes nearby. The military is deliberating, targeting innocent villagers to incite fear as many local areas have turned into battlegrounds.

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Junta issues directive to increase conscription numbers through arrests

HURFOM: In Thaton Township, Mon State, the Director of the Township General Administration Department has given a verbal instruction that when two men are riding the same motorbike, they will be arrested and immediately sent to military training camps.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Condemns Reports of Extortion and Abuse of Power by Prison Authorities in Southeastern Burma

For Immediate Release

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is alarmed at reports of extortion and abuse of power against political prisoners and their families in prisons in targeted areas of Tanintharyi region, Mon State and Karen State.

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Junta seals and seized freelance reporter’s house after arrest and killing him

HURFOM: At about 1 pm on November 22^nd, 2024, a joint team of the military junta sealed and seized the house of a freelance reporter Ko Htet Myat in Lat Pya village, Hlell Lan Kuu village tract, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State.

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Junta shoots and kills local man in Yebyu

HURFOM: Locals reported to HURFOM that on November 24^th, 2024, the military junta shot and killed an elderly man from Kyauk Whut Gone village, Thit Toe Dough village tract, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

A military regiment who was active in the west bank of Yebyu Township entered Kyauk Whut Gone village via a jungle route. They battled with the People’s Defense Force along the way.

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