Displaced villagers fearful of returning due to ongoing military presence
May 19, 2025
HURFOM: On April 28th, 2025, an armed clash broke out in Min Thar and Nat Kyi Sin village tracts, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division. The fighting resulted in the death of an adult man and injured a child. Six houses were also destroyed and burnt down.
Read moreDozens of Young People Held at Myine Thayar Police Station as Junta Forcibly Conscripts 180 Youths Across Mon State
May 19, 2025
Around 50 young people were reportedly detained at the Myine Thayar police station, Mawlamyine, the capitial of Mon State, with a total of approximately 180 individuals arrested from Bilin, Mudon, and Paung townships for forced conscription into the junta’s Batch 13 military training. The arrests mark a worrying escalation in the junta’s ongoing efforts to expand its military ranks through coercion and fear.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Brutal Escalation of Violence Threatens Civilian Lives and Undermines Security
May 19, 2025
Over the last week, the military junta has carried out violent acts during its aerial and ground strikes against women and children across the country, including the Sagaing region, where military jets intentionally bombed a school, resulting in the deaths of at least 22 youths. This attack occurred in an area where no fighting was taking place, and no local armed actors were present. In targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) in Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region, assaults on innocent civilians have also increased, killing many innocent people, including monks.
A respected abbot lost his life after an artillery shell struck a monastery in Hlaing Kwe village, Kawkareik Township, Karen State. The tragic incident occurred at 10 AM on May 9, 2025, during intense fighting between junta forces and joint resistance groups near Kyon Doe Town. An artillery shell landed directly on the Hlaing Kwe village monastery, seriously injuring the abbot, U Thu Zar Ta, who was inside at the time. U Thu Zar Ta, aged 56, sustained shrapnel wounds to his back and arms. Despite efforts to rush him to the hospital, he sadly passed away while being transported.
Read moreJunta Extorts Over 50 Drivers with Temporary License Plates in Ye Township
May 19, 2025
More than 50 cars and motorcycles without proper licenses or using temporary plates were stopped and extorted by junta forces on the Asin village highway, near the entrance of Myo Haung Kone in Ye Township, Mon State. Local sources confirmed that around 50 people traveling in those vehicles were also detained.
On the morning of May 15, at approximately 9 a.m., around 70 junta soldiers from the Ye-based SKAK No. 19 were deployed toward the Asin village entrance. These troops began stopping vehicles without official registration or with temporary plates, detaining both the vehicles and their drivers.
Read moreJunta Shelling Kills One, Injures Two in Laung Lon Township
May 19, 2025
One man was killed and two others injured after a junta-fired shell exploded in Inn Won village, Laung Lon Township, Dawei District, according to local residents and family members.
The attack occurred on the afternoon of May 16, when junta troops stationed at the Ministry of Border Affairs Office in downtown Dawei launched artillery and drone strikes on Inn Won village—despite no clashes taking place in the area. The shelling seriously injured three civilians.
Read moreOver 10,000 Civilians Displaced by Junta’s Brutal Attacks in Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State
May 17, 2025
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State, has now surpassed 10,000 as relentless military attacks by the junta continue to escalate. The Karen National Union (KNU) in Thaton District confirmed the surge in displacement and highlighted the urgent need for emergency humanitarian aid.
Since early April 2025, the situation in Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State, has sharply deteriorated due to intensified clashes between junta troops and joint resistance forces. The military has increasingly relied on daily artillery shelling and airstrikes, targeting civilian areas with no regard for safety or international humanitarian law.
Read moreJunta’s bombing in Kaw Ka Rate kills three villagers and injures five
May 16, 2025
HURFOM: At approximately noon on May 14th, 2025, a military junta fighter jet dropped bombs on a restaurant and a chain of shops located in “Out Bo Tel” and “Daw Na Taung Kyaw”. This area is known as the old route in Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. The bombing killed three residents and injured five.
Read moreNo Rest for the Oppressed: Junta Hunts Youth Amid Fear and Poverty in Mon State
May 16, 2025
HURFOM: HURFOM: In townships across Mon State, the military Junta has intensified its campaign of arbitrary arrests and forced conscription, particularly targeting young people in the evenings. Local sources confirmed that since early May, arrests have increased significantly, even extending to workplaces and homes.
Read moreFour young construction workers arrested in Bilin
May 16, 2025
HURFOM: On May 14th, 2025, the forces of the military junta had arrested four young construction workers who worked at Ye Twin Gone village, Taung Swin village track, Bilin Township, Mon State.
More than 20 soldiers and police members arrived at Daw Myint Myint’s house in Ye Twin Gone village by three trucks and arrested four young men who were doing construction work at her house.
Read moreJunta Jet Fighters Bomb Kawkareik Township, Killing Three Civilians and Wounding at Least Five, Including a Pregnant Woman
May 15, 2025
In another brutal escalation of violence, Junta forces carried out an airstrike targeting a civilian area in Bo Tae (Lower), on the old Kawkareik to Thingun Nyinaung Road, Kawkareik Township, Karen State, on May 14, 2025. Around 12:08 PM, a Junta-operated jet fighter dropped bombs directly onto a local roadside food stall, killing three civilians and injuring at least five others, including a pregnant woman.
Initial reports confirmed that two civilians were killed instantly in the attack. Another critically injured victim later succumbed to their wounds. Local eyewitnesses said that the injured, including the pregnant woman, have been transferred to an ERO-operated medical team for emergency treatment.
“In the early afternoon, a junta jet dropped bombs directly on the Bo Tae Lower roadside food stall. Two people died immediately on the spot, and now a third victim has passed away from serious injuries. Five more people were wounded, including a pregnant woman,” a local source reported.
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- Three Civilians, Including a Child, Killed and Injured by Junta’s Indiscriminate Shelling in Bilin Township
- Junta arrests more than 230 Tenasserim residents within a month
- Junta bombing kills two villagers in Kyone Doe
- Frequent robberies and murders create fear for residents in Three Pagoda Pass
- Displaced resident returns home to collect “things” — killed by artillery attack
- Junta Launches Airstrike on Winkaphaw Village in Thayet Chaung Township, Dawei District
- Mass Displacement in Kyaik Hto Township as Junta Launches Major Ground Offensive
- Extrajudicial killings believed to be on the rise in Mon State
- Network cutoff has prolonged for more than two months in Three Pagoda Pass
- 190 displaced villagers from Karn Ni return home
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