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Young man from Thar Yar Mon village not released yet as arrest prolongs more than a week

HURFOM: On August 19^th, 2025, an 18-year-old young man from Thar Yar Mon village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division encountered with a military regiment in Kaw Hline village and the regiment arrested him. The army claimed they found evidence in his mobile phone that he had a connection with revolutionary armed groups.

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Residents Flee After Artillery Shells Strike Monastery and Villages in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: Residents are once again fleeing their homes after three consecutive days of clashes in the Kanbauk area of Yebyu Township, Dawei District, where junta forces have been firing artillery shells into civilian villages.
According to local sources and resistance groups, fighting broke out on August 25 between junta troops and allied revolutionary forces around Se Eain Su village tract in the Phar Chuang village group, Kanbauk area. The clashes have continued for three days without pause.

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Junta’s Digital Crackdown in Mon State: Silencing Voices and Cutting Virtual Lifelines Ahead of Sham Election

HURFOM: In recent months, the junta has deepened its assault on freedom of expression and the right to information in Mon State and across southern Burma. As the military prepares for a widely condemned sham election, vast sums of money and human resources are being poured into sophisticated technology and surveillance tools designed to cut off the last remaining lifelines civilians rely upon to access the outside world.

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Old woman found dead in Thar Yar Mon village

HURFOM: Since early August, 2025, there has been constant and intense confrontations between the junta’s army and the Mon and Karen joint revolutionary armed groups along the Ka Lane Aung – Ma Hwelve Taung Road, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Villagers have had to flee their homes.

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Nearly 300 undocumented Burmese citizens arrested on Thai – Burma border within two months

HURFOM: In July and August, 2025, the Thai authority arrested nearly 300 undocumented Burmese citizens who tried to enter Thailand at the border of Kanchanaburi District, Thailand and Three Pagoda Pass area, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State, Burma.

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Resident injured by junta’s artillery attack in Ye

HURFOM: At about 5 pm on August 24^th, 2025, the Maw Ka Nin based 106^th Light Infantry Battalion targeted San Pya village, Ye Township, Mon State with indiscriminate artillery attack even though there was no active armed clash in the area.

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Elderly Man Severely Injured by Junta Artillery Fire in Ye Township

HURFOM: Ye Township, Mon State – An elderly villager was seriously wounded after artillery shells fired by junta forces struck his home in San Pya village.

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Pyin Htein villagers arrested by junta’s regiment get released

HURFOM: At about 2:30 pm on August 9^th, 2025, a junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. The regiment arrested four villagers and robbed two homes, taking cash and mobile phones.

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“They stole a phone and 100,000 MKK cash from one house and 80,000 MMK cash from another house. They arrested four men. A 40-year-old man said he was unable to follow them, so they beat and kicked him and abandoned him in a canal,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

The man beaten by the regiment has been admitted to the Dawei General Hospital. The three other men were released on August 11^th.

“The one admitted to hospital is in the process of recovering. Among those released, Ko Min Ko Nile has bruises on his face and chest as he was beaten by the regiment. We’ve heard that each man had to pay a million MMK to get released but we can’t confirm this,” continued the villager.

At about 10 pm on August 23^rd, the junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village and arrested 40-year-old Ko Khin Maung Htwe and Ko Karen. They also looted homes, taking rice, cooking oil and food.

“Everyone had to flee as the regiment advanced into the village. The two arrested men were released at the Office of the Long Lone Township General Administration Department,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

Junta’s regiments have repeatedly advanced into Pyin Htein villagers frightening residents. The male villagers dare not sleep in their village and have taken to hiding in farms at night.

Junta Troops Use Villagers as Human Shields in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: In Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, junta forces stationed in Mayan Chaung village are preventing local residents from fleeing and instead using them as human shields for their own security, according to local sources and HURFOM field reporting teams.

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Junta Reinforces Troops in Thaton and Ye to Expand Constituencies, Raising Fears of Rights Violations

HURFOM: In the lead-up to the junta’s planned sham election, the military has deployed hundreds of reinforcements to battalions based in Thaton and Ye Townships, Mon State. Local residents fear that this expansion of troops will only bring more human rights abuses, including arrests of young people, extortion, looting, torture, and even extrajudicial killings.

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