Seven residents arrested after attack on military security office in Pu Law
January 13, 2025
HURFOM: On January 6th, 2025, the joint revolutionary armed forces attacked the military security office in Pu Law, Tenasserim Division. The next day, the military junta arrested seven local residents including two Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) school teachers.
Read moreJunta’s troops burgle and loot houses of displaced residents in Kaw Ka Rate
January 13, 2025
HURFOM: Since December 1st, 2023, there have been constant armed clashes between the military junta and the Karen National Liberation Army in Kaw Ka Rate Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State and ten thousand of residents have been forced to flee their homes.
Read moreJunta’s air strike injures two villagers in Dawei
January 13, 2025
HURFOM: At about 11 am on January 7th, 2025, the military junta targeted Kun Chaung Gyi village, Ban Chaung region, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division with an air assault even though there was no active armed clash in the area. The air strike injured two villagers.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Mon State Junta Releases Prisoners on Independence Day, But Political Detainee Numbers Remain Low
January 13, 2025
Week One January 2025
On January 4, 2025, to mark the country’s Independence Day, the junta announced the release of prisoners from various prisons across the nation. The military claimed to have released more than 600 political prisoners. However, these figures, which the Political Prisoners Network Myanmar has verified, show that only about 340 were freed, which is indicative of the thousands who remain unjustly imprisoned. The amnesty serves as a reminder of the junta’s desperate quest for legitimacy while it continues to perpetrate widespread and systematic human rights violations.
While the junta tries to mislead the international community, reports from human rights organizations are furnishing vital evidence of the regime’s human rights violations. In a report released by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), at least 95 civilians, including over a dozen minors, were killed by the Burma Army in December 2024 alone. Airstrikes were the primary cause of fatalities, as aerial attacks are increasingly endangering civilians.
Read moreJunta’s air strike forces nearly 5,000 villagers to flee homes in Bilin
January 13, 2025
HURFOM: Since December 24th, 2024, the military junta has been conducting “aerial patrols” over villages in Bilin Township, Mon State and on December 30th, the Karen New Year Day, the junta dropped at least four bombs on Kya Thaung Sake village.
Read moreFive residents arrested while junta conducts check on visitors at night
January 10, 2025
HURFOM: At about 9 pm on January 6th, 2025, junta’s troops reached Aung Mingalar, Aung Mitta, Yan Gyi Aung and Yan Myo Aung Ward, Ye Town, Ye Township, Mon State with five military trucks. The troops conducted a “check on visitors” at residential houses. Then, they arrested five local residents.
Read moreArtillery explosion injures two villagers in Yebyu
January 10, 2025
HURFOM: On January 5th, 2025, an artillery explosion in Inn Pyar village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division injured an elderly local man and a teenage girl.
Read moreNo trace of bus driver or assistants after arrest by unknown armed group
January 10, 2025
HURFOM: At about 5 pm on January 5th, 2025, a bus driver and two of his assistants from “Mandalar Min Express Bus” were arrested by an unknown armed group on the Mudon – Thanbyuzayat Highway Road near Yaung Daung village, Mudon Township, Mon State.
Read moreSources confirm only 14 political prisoners released under terms of amnesty
January 10, 2025
HURFOM: In commemoration of the 77th Independence Day, the military junta released 5,864 prisoners from all prisons and detention centres across Burma under the terms of amnesty on January 4th, 2025.
Read moreJunta’s security forces beat and arrest four young men after accusing them of being PDF members
January 10, 2025
HURFOM: On January 5th, 2025, junta’s security forces at the “Sat Taw Yar” security gate in Kyell village track, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division beat and arrested four young men after accusing them of being the members of the People’s Defense Force.
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