Nine residents arrested within two days in Pu Law
January 31, 2025
HURFOM: On January 25th and 26th, 2025, junta forces from the 285th Light Infantry Battalion were conducting a night patrol and arrested nine residents from Pu Law Town, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreJunta’s military operations in Tha Yet Chaung forces residents from seven villages to flee
January 31, 2025
HURFOM: On January 27th, 2025, a junta’s regiment consisting of about 80 troops launched military operations in Chaung Wa Pyin and nearby villages, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreFive women injured by junta’s artillery and drone attacks in Tenasserim
January 31, 2025
HURFOM: At about 3 pm on January 29th, 2025, the 306th artillery regiment, which is based in the village of Maw Tone targeted Lell Taung Yar and Nyaung Pin Gone villages, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division with artillery and drones’ attacks.
Read moreJunta collects list of students 18 years of age in Chaung Zone: Parents suspect it will be used to force conscription
January 30, 2025
HURFOM: On January 27th, 2025, junta’s forces and the village and ward administrators reached the Basic Education High Schools in Chaung Zone Township, Mon State and collected a list of the students who have already turned 18 years for conscription.
Read moreOnly one third of displaced students return to school
January 30, 2025
HURFOM: On January 9th, 2025, an intense armed clash took place in Kyone Long (old) village, Ye Chaung Pyar region, Ye Township, Mon State, and six government schools in five villages had to be closed.
More than 600 students fled from their homes with their parents, and most were unable to return to school due to livelihood and financial challenges.
Read moreNUG sentences a PDF member to six-year imprisonment
January 30, 2025
HURFOM: In August, 2023, a member of the People’s Defense Force raped a woman from Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.
The victim filed a report with the Ministry of Woman, Youth and Child Affairs of the National Unity Government and on January 20th, 2025, the NUG sentenced the rapist to six-year’s imprisonment.
Read moreJunta burns houses in Kyauk Ne Maw: Displaced villagers unable to return home
January 29, 2025
HURFOM: On December 24th, 2024, an armed clash took place between the military junta and the People’s Defense Force in Kyauk Ne Maw village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. The junta’s artillery attack burnt down and destroyed 280 houses in the village.
Read moreAdministrators extort residents to hire security guards
January 29, 2025
HURFOM: The ward Administrators of Pu Law Town, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division have issued an order that five residents from each ward in Pu Law Town must serve as security guards for the community fire alarm system and each guard will be paid 250,000 MMK monthly.
Read moreJunta’s air strike kills local woman in Kaw Ka Rate
January 28, 2025
HURFOM: On January 22nd, 2025, the military junta launched an air assault on Ward #5, Kyike Done Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State which is under the control of the Karen National Union. There were no armed clashes in the area. The air strike killed a local woman.
Read moreJunta restricts transportation of cement to impede construction of bomb shelters
January 28, 2025
HURFOM: There have been frequent armed clashes in Karen State, and the military junta has launched repeated air assaults forcing local people to construct bomb shelters for their safety.
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