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Underaged young man arrested in early February, by junta’s navy still not released

HURFOM: On February 6^th, 2025, the Mawrawaddy Navy Command arrested a 17-year-old male and his friend from Taung Yin Inn village, Phar Chaung village track, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim.

The navy released the friend after both were interrogated but they detained the young man. He has not been released as of today.

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Junta destroys seven houses in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: On February 9^th, 2025, one of the junta’s regiments launched a military operation in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. According to local sources, junta troops entered the village via Pan Pyin – Mell Nell Owl village on February 8^th and within two days the troops burnt down and destroyed seven houses.

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New registration system creates problems for university students pursuing distance education

HURFOM: In the 2025-26 academic year, university students enrolled in distance education programs may only apply for their registration online, however the new online system has too many steps and complexities which create problems and confusion for the university students.

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Power cut off in border towns creates more hardships for residents

HURFOM: At 9 am on February 5^th, 2025, in order to crack down on “call-scam gangs” based in the Thai-Burma border, the Thai government cut off the electricity to border towns such as Myawaddy, Tachileik and Three Pagoda Pass. The power cut was followed by the shutting down of the internet.

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Displaced students decide not to take final exam

HURFOM: More than 300 students and their parents from Kyone Long (old) village and Kyauk Mee Chaung village, Ye Chaung Pyar region, Ye Township, Mon State have been displaced by heavy armed clashes and military tensions in the area.

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Hundred of undocumented Burmese migrant workers arrested on Thai-Burma border daily

HURFOM: Following the approval of the legal procedure of the public conscription law, and with the ban “oversea worker identification cards”, many undocumented Burmese migrant workers are attempting to enter Thailand by irregular means.

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Junta’s troops burn down 23 other houses in Ah Nan Kwin

HURFOM: At about noon on January 29^th, 2024, a junta military regiment entered Ah Nan Kwin village, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State and burnt down, 23 houses in Ward #2 and #3.  All were destroyed, according to a social worker who helps displaced villagers.

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Three young women arrested in a shopping mall in Dawei

HURFOM: On February 4^th, 2025, three young women were arrested by the joint team of the junta’s soldiers and the police members in a shopping mall in Dawei City, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division.

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Weekly Analysis: Women and Children Killed in Escalating Attacks by the Military Junta

Across Burma, civilians are facing ongoing threats to their safety and security. Women, children, and the elderly are particularly vulnerable, and the escalating offensives and attacks by the junta put them at greater risk. In targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, several incidents of assaults by the junta were reported this week, resulting in the deaths and injuries of multiple women and children.

In Ye Township, Mon State, three women, including two internally displaced persons (IDPs), were injured when junta troops indiscriminately fired heavy artillery into Wapathae Village, Baelamu Village Tract, despite no active fighting in the area. On the night of January 24, troops from the Junta’s Artillery Regiment No. 317, based in Ye Township, launched five artillery shells into Wapathae Village. The shells exploded inside the village, injuring:

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Junta targets downtown Kaw Ka Rate with artillery attack, killing one woman

HURFOM: On February 4^th, 2025, the Kaw Ka Rate based 97^th Light Infantry Battalion and an artillery regiment operating under the 19^th military operation command launched an artillery attack on the downtown Kaw Ka Rate Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State.  There were no armed clashes in the area.

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