Arresting owners of unlicensed vehicles creates financial loss for plantation owners
June 23, 2025
HURFOM: Since June 1st, 2025, the joint traffic teams of soldiers and police have been arresting owners of unlicensed vehicles and owners of vehicles with temporary licenses across Burma. The program has been strictly enforced in Ye Township, Mon State.
Read moreHome of a Detained Couple Demolished by Junta Forces in Paya Village, Yebyu Township
June 23, 2025
HURFOM: Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region: According to local sources, on the morning of June 19, the junta forces used a bulldozer to demolish the family home of a couple who had been arbitrarily arrested two days earlier in Paya village, under the Ohn Pin Kwin village tract.
Weekly Analysis: Refugee Rights are Human Rights
June 23, 2025
On International Refugee Day, observed on June 20, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) condemned all forms of violence against refugees and conflict-affected communities. Additionally, we called for immediate action to address their struggle. In targeted areas of HURFOM, including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region, conflict-affected communities are facing life-threatening challenges posed by the military junta, which is actively undermining their fundamental freedoms, including their basic human rights.
Dozens of cases documented by HURFOM illustrate a pattern of indiscriminate firing, targeting displaced communities who are sheltering from the violence that has consumed their daily lives. Since the earthquake at the end of March 2025, the junta has launched more than 920 airstrikes and artillery attacks, resulting in the deaths of at least 590 people, including many in Mon and Karen States and the Tanintharyi Region, where HURFOM is actively working. Even more troubling is that numerous attacks took place during the junta’s claimed “ceasefire” period.
Read moreMon Youth Targeted in Junta’s Batch No. 14 Conscription Drive Using Fear and Petty Charges
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: Across Mon State, fear is growing as the junta steps up its forced recruitment campaign under Batch No. 14 of military training. According to HURFOM’s field reporters, youth in townships like Thanbyuzayat, Mawlamyine, and Mudon are being rounded up and sent to military camps—many without formal charges, legal process, or even explanation to their families.
Read moreRefugees at Risk: HURFOM Demands Protection and Support for Burma’s Displaced on World Refugee Day
June 20, 2025
For Immediate Release
Today, on World Refugee Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), condemns all forms of violence perpetrated against refugees and conflict-affected communities and urges immediate attention and a response to their struggle. With fears growing about further military operations, thousands of people in HURFOM target areas of Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi Region face ongoing threats to their daily survival as the junta conducts daily campaigns of terror.
Since the illegal coup in 2021, the junta’s ongoing violence has forced more than 3.5 million people across the country to flee their homes. Communities that have been routinely uprooted continue to be targeted by the junta, despite their peaceful nature. Their attacks have not spared religious sites, hospitals, schools, or residential areas. The gendered impacts of the refugee crisis cannot be overlooked. Vulnerabilities for all women and girls are heightened due to the widespread impunity for perpetrators, including repeat offenders.
Read moreJunta arrests Maw Ka Nin villager
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: At about 7 pm on June 16th, 2024, the Maw Ka Nin based 106th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) arrested U Phoe Tote. He is in his 40s, and is from the 3rd Ward, Maw Ka Nin village, Ye Township, Mon State. The regiment accused him of having a connection with the Ye People’s Defense Force (YPDF). An excessive number of troops were sent to arrest him at his home.
Read moreJunta Forces Arbitrarily Arrest Young Couple in Yebyu Township Without Evidence
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: Junta forces have arbitrarily arrested a young married couple in Paya village, accusing them without clear evidence of having links to anti-regime resistance forces, according to local residents.
Read moreJunta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks frighten villagers and plantation workers
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: Since June 17th, 2025, the R Yu Taung based 343rd Light Infantry Battalion has been targeting R Yu Taung village and nearby areas in Ye Township, Mon State with indiscriminate artillery attacks. There have been no active armed clashes in the area. The junta has justified their actions by claiming that members of the People’s Defense Force were active around the village.
Read moreArmed conflict forces residents in Pa Ya and nearby villages to flee
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: In the morning of June 15th, 2025, joint resistance groups launched simultaneous attacks on four military bases in “Shwe Moe Nyo” Pagoda and nearby areas in Pa Ya village, Kan Bauk region, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreFemale motorist fined for not wearing brassiere in Mudon
June 20, 2025
HURFOM: On June 17th, 2025, a 40-year-old woman from Myo Ma 4th Ward, Mudon Town, Mon State was returning from a shopping trip, when she was stopped by a joint traffic team conducting a check for unlicensed vehicles.
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