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Thai authority returns nearly 200 Burmese citizens in ten months

HURFOM: The Thai authority has been sending back Burmese citizens who attempted to enter Thailand without proper documentation.  These migrants were detained in the Ranong Detention Camp, Thailand where they served a prison term for attempting to enter Thailand, without documentation.

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Junta Forces Coerce Villagers in Kyaikmayaw Township to Return to Mine-Contaminated Areas Ahead of Planned Elections

HURFOM: As the junta prepares for the first phase of its planned elections in roughly 50 days, Junta units have begun forcing displaced residents to return to several villages in southeastern Kyaikmayaw Township, including Chaung-Hna-Kwa, Hlwa-Sin-Gone, and Kyon-Kwe, that were devastated by conflict and remain contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance.

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“Forced Back, Still in Danger”: Mon State Villagers Made to Return to Unsafe, Underserved Communities as Junta Tries to Stage ‘Normal’ Elections

In southeastern Mon State, the Military Junta is trying to stage a picture of “peace” that doesn’t exist. With its election only weeks away, the junta is pushing displaced families back into villages that were emptied by fighting, places like Chaung-Hna-Kwa, Hlwa-Sin-Gone, and Kyon-Kwe villages, in the southeatern Kyaikmayaw Township of Mon State, even though those areas are still contaminated with landmines and unexploded shells. Villagers are being told to return not because it is safe, but because the Junta wants the villages to look populated for the cameras. Behind that forced return, however, are all the real problems the junta refuses to fix: fields that can’t be farmed because of mines, roads and water sources that are too dangerous to reach, aid agencies blocked from helping, and families trapped in fear, poverty, and psychological stress.

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The Junta’s Sham Election: A Political Escape Plan, Not a Democratic Process

The military junta’s planned election is not a genuine democratic process but a calculated move to escape the political and military deadlock it now faces. On the ground, it is clear that the regime’s motivation has little to do with representing the people or improving the country. Instead, it is designed to prolong the junta’s grip on power, a desperate attempt to gain political breathing space after losing control across much of the country.

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State Budgets Become Ballot Boxes: Mon State Chief Minister’s Vote-Drive Counters Free and Fair Election Standards

HURFOM: In Mon State, the current Chief Minister is using his official power, budgetary resources and state-sponsored projects for election campaign purposes. Observers say public funds earmarked for education, social welfare and religious festivals are being deployed as tools to win votes, leveraging service delivery as campaigning under the guise of governance.

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Residents from four Tenasserim villages flee due to constant armed clashes

HURFOM: Since October 27^th, 2025, there have been frequent and constant armed clashes between the junta’s army and the local revolutionary forces in Lay Mile village and nearby areas, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division.

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Fear and Displacement as Junta Troops Use MCL Cement Factory as Base for Drone and Artillery Attacks in Kyaikmayaw Township

HURFOM: Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State: Junta troops stationed near the MCL Cement Factory close to Kadonsi Village are tightening security, searching homes, and firing artillery and drones toward areas where resistance forces may be present, forcing villagers to flee, according to HURFOM field sources.

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New Zealand Parliament Unanimously Rejects Junta’s “Sham Election,” Says Vote Lacks Legitimacy

HURFOM: The Parliament of New Zealand has unanimously endorsed a motion declaring that the Myanmar military junta’s planned election is a fake process that should not be accepted. The motion was tabled by Hon. Phil Twyford, Member of Parliament from the Labour Party, and seconded by the Green Party. No MPs objected, and New Zealand’s Foreign Minister also voiced support for the motion inside parliament.

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Junta Exploits Administrative Power to Back USDP, Amid Evidence of Coercion and Manipulation

HURFOM: Evidence of coercion and manipulation is emerging in Mon State, showing how the Junta is using its control over local administrative structures to secure support for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) ahead of the planned elections.

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Two Youths Accused and Arrested for Destroying Election Billboard of Junta-Appointed Chief Minister in Hpa-an

HURFOM: The Junta-controlled administration in Karen State has announced the arrest of two youths accused of damaging an election campaign billboard of Saw Myint Oo, the junta-appointed Chief Minister and candidate representing the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in Hpa-an Township.

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