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25 displaced villagers who returned home – arrested

HURFOM: Since early August, 2025, there has been constant military tensions and intense armed clashes along the “Ma Hwelve Taung – Ka Lane Aunge” motorway of the 8^th Union Highway Road in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  As a result, more than 4,000 residents from six nearby villages have had to flee their homes.

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Displaced man steps on landmine, sustains severe injuries

HURFOM: In the early morning of August 30^th, 2025, 30-year-old Ko Thein Htike Oo, aka Ko Mon and his wife both from Man Yan Chaung village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division, were returning from shopping in Ka Lane Aung Town. Ko Thein ran over a landmine beside a motorway between Ma Yan Chaung and Kaw Hline village.  He sustained a serious injury to his leg, while his wife was uninjured.

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Junta-Backed Militias in Mawlamyine Operate Like Thug Forces Ahead of Sham Elections

HURFOM: In Mawlamyine, Mon State, junta-backed militias under the banner of “People’s Security Forces” and allied groups are increasingly behaving like criminal gangs. Instead of providing protection, they have been abusing power, harassing locals, and spreading fear.

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Junta Airstrike Destroys Monastery Buildings in Za Yat Seik, Displacing Hundreds

HURFOM: In Pulaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, junta forces launched a devastating airstrike on the Buddhist monastery in Za Yat Seik village. According to local residents and resistance groups, the attack occurred on August 29 around 12:30 p.m., despite there being no active fighting nearby.

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Junta’s regiments kill two villagers and torch 76 houses in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: Since the second week of August, 2025, military junta’s regiments have advanced into villages in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. According to local sources, their incursion has killed two villagers and destroyed 76 houses.

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Monthly Overview: Forced Conscription in Southeastern Burma is Devastating and Destroying Families as the Junta Increases Unlawful Tactics to Recruit Young Men and Women

Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State & the Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM |August 2025

Over the last month, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has documented a worrying rise in the violent and threatening tactics used by the junta to forcibly enlist men and women in the illegal forced conscription effort across all targeted areas. This has caused devastation among communities, which are already heavily impacted and traumatized by the increasing attacks from the military junta.

In what residents describe as a reckless and desperate move, the military junta has intensified mass arrests of young men across Mon State and the Tanintharyi Region to forcibly collect conscripts for its 16th round of military training. Young men between the ages of 18 and 40 have become the latest targets in a series of arrests that have left families terrified and communities living in fear.

On July 26, more than 40 young men were rounded up in Pu Tane Yoe village, Thaton Township, Mon State. They were taken to Thaton Town Police Station, Thein Sake Police Station, and the 9th Military Training Camp. A relative of one of those detained recalled:

“When we went to the police station and asked, they said the men had already been sent to the 9th regiment. They told us that if we wanted them released, we had to provide substitutes for conscription. That was all they would say.”

The arrests have continued relentlessly. On August 9, around 30 junta personnel stormed the office of Lo Yar Phyate, a local social and funeral service group in Thein Za Yet Town, Kyike Hto Township. At least 15 displaced men sheltering there were detained and transferred to the 207th Light Infantry Battalion. Family contact has been completely denied.

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Young man from Thar Yar Mon village not released yet as arrest prolongs more than a week

HURFOM: On August 19^th, 2025, an 18-year-old young man from Thar Yar Mon village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division encountered with a military regiment in Kaw Hline village and the regiment arrested him. The army claimed they found evidence in his mobile phone that he had a connection with revolutionary armed groups.

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Residents Flee After Artillery Shells Strike Monastery and Villages in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: Residents are once again fleeing their homes after three consecutive days of clashes in the Kanbauk area of Yebyu Township, Dawei District, where junta forces have been firing artillery shells into civilian villages.
According to local sources and resistance groups, fighting broke out on August 25 between junta troops and allied revolutionary forces around Se Eain Su village tract in the Phar Chuang village group, Kanbauk area. The clashes have continued for three days without pause.

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Junta’s Digital Crackdown in Mon State: Silencing Voices and Cutting Virtual Lifelines Ahead of Sham Election

HURFOM: In recent months, the junta has deepened its assault on freedom of expression and the right to information in Mon State and across southern Burma. As the military prepares for a widely condemned sham election, vast sums of money and human resources are being poured into sophisticated technology and surveillance tools designed to cut off the last remaining lifelines civilians rely upon to access the outside world.

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Old woman found dead in Thar Yar Mon village

HURFOM: Since early August, 2025, there has been constant and intense confrontations between the junta’s army and the Mon and Karen joint revolutionary armed groups along the Ka Lane Aung – Ma Hwelve Taung Road, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Villagers have had to flee their homes.

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