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1,500 Bilin residents flee Win Tar Ban armed clash

HURFOM: On December 13, 2023, the joint forces of the Karen National Defense Organization (KMDO) attacked Win Tar Ban Military Base nearby Win Tar Ban village, Bilin Township, Mon Sate.

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Junta beheads villager and burns down 21 houses in Long Lone

HURFOM: On December 28th, 2023, a military regiment attacked Sit Byell and Lay Toon Khan villages, in Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. During the attack, junta’s troops beheaded a villager and burnt down 21 houses.

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Junta’s constant artillery attacks force nearly all villagers in Thaton to flee

HURFOM: Constant artillery attacks by the military junta have forced nearly the whole population from Kyone Main village, Kaw Hline village track, Thaton Township, Mon State to flee their homes.

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Junta increases arrests in Dawei City

HURFOM: Since the second week of December, 2023, the military junta has been conducting more arrests in Dawei City, Tenasserim Division, according to the local sources.

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Civilian dies from landmine explosion in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On December 28, 2023, a couple stepped on a landmine in In Ka Bo village, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State. The husband was killed by the explosion, and the wife was seriously injured.

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 Mell Ta Yo villager beaten and tortured by Burmese soldiers in Kyikemayaw

HURFOM: On December 30, 2023, junta soldiers beat a 52-year-old Mell Ta Yo villager in Kyikemayaw Township.

Nai Maung Sa lost consciousness from the beating and was abandoned in a nearby rubber plantation. Villagers found him and with the help of a local rescue team arranged for him to get to Mawlamyine General Hospital.

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December 2023: Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

Military Impunity Continues to Thrive as Increased Violence Shows No End of Attacks Perpetrated Against Civilians

Across the last twelve months, the human rights situation in Southeastern Burma and many parts of the country has remained unstable and uncertain. Every day, civilians are forced to make decisions for their survival.

When conflict erupts, there is often no warning, and communities must take what little they can to seek shelter. In many scenarios, no active fighting prompts the junta to fire indiscriminately. Scores of civilians have been killed and injured while going to work, to school or spending time with their loved ones. These patterns of targeted violence by the Burma Army are not new. Still, the increase in retaliatory abuses has been heightened as the junta is now closer than ever to defeat.

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