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Dragged Into War: Junta’s Mass Arrests Target Young Men in Conflict Areas

The military Junta has escalated its campaign of fear by carrying out widespread arrests of young men across Mon State and the Tanintharyi Region, forcing many into military conscription. In towns and villages, young men between the ages of 18 and 40 are being targeted in late-night raids, checkpoints, and workplace sweeps. Families say their loved ones have been taken without warning and, in many cases, disappeared into military training camps, leaving entire communities gripped by fear and uncertainty.

On July 26, more than 40 young men were rounded up in Pu Tane Yoe village, Thaton Township, Mon State. They were taken to Thaton Town Police Station, Thein Sake Police Station, and the 9th Military Training Camp. A relative of one of those detained recalled:

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Junta conducts mass arrests to collect conscripts

HURFOM: In what appears to be a reckless and desperate move, the military junta is now conducting mass arrests of young men in the 20-40 age range in Mon and Tenasserim regions.  This development appears to be the next step to forcefully collect conscripts for the 16^th batch of military training for conscripts.

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Heavy Clashes in Karen State Force Thousands to Flee as Junta Intensifies Attacks with Artillery and Drones

HURFOM: Residents in Kyon Doe Township, Kawkareik District, Karen State, are facing another wave of displacement as junta forces continue to launch heavy assaults on civilian areas along the Kyon Doe–Nabu road. Local sources reported that indiscriminate shelling, airstrikes, and drone attacks have devastated villages, forcing thousands to flee their homes in fear.

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18-year-old from Thar Yar Mon village arrested by junta’s regiment, has gone missing

HURFOM: Since August 15^th, there have been intense battles between the junta’s regiment and the Mon and Karen joint revolutionary groups between Kaw Hline and Ma Yan Chaung village, Yebyu Township.

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Junta’s artillery and air assaults kill villager and injures five in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: From August 9^th to 11^th, 2025, despite there being no active armed clashes in the area, the military junta launched air assaults and small and heavy weapon attacks on villages in Kyike Hto Township.

The Karen National Union (KNU) released a statement on August 19^th stating that the military junta’s attacks killed a villager and injured five others.

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Over 3,000 Civilians Displaced in Thayet Chaung Township Amid Heavy Fighting

HURFOM: More than 3,000 residents from Saw Phya and nearby villages in Thayet Chaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, have been forced to flee their homes following intense clashes between junta forces and allied resistance groups. Displaced families are now urgently appealing for food, shelter, and medicine as their situation grows increasingly dire.

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Junta Tightens Inspections at Ma Hlwe Taung Checkpoint Amid Ongoing Clashes in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: Tensions remain high in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, as clashes continue between junta forces and the allied resistance groups of Mon, Karen, and Tanintharyi. In response, junta personnel have tightened inspections at the Ma Hlwe Taung checkpoint near Kaw Hlaing village, leaving travelers and local residents facing increasing restrictions and uncertainty.

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Junta’s closure of “Thai-Burma” Friendship Bridge creates commodity shortage

HURFOM: Since August 18^th, 2025, the military junta has closed the “No. 2 Thai – Burma Friendship Bridge” in Myawaddy Town, Karen State. Now more than 500 trucks carrying imports into Burma are stuck in Mae Sot, Thailand.

The one-sided closure of the bridge has created a scarcity of commodities and gasoline and prices have sky-rocketed.

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Armed conflict kills 20 Pu Law residents: Thousands of villagers flee

HURFOM: Since the third week of July, 2025, there has been an intense battle between the junta’s army and the People’s Defense Force and its allies near Pu Law Town, Myeik District, Tenasserim Division.

The army responded with heavy and small weapons fire and drone attacks. They also launched air assaults killing at least 20 residents including two monks and destroying 40 houses.

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Constant armed conflict forces hundreds of villagers to flee home in Yebyu

HURFOM: Since August 15^th, 2025, there have been constant battles between the junta’s army and the joint forces of the Mon and Karen revolutionary groups in Kaw Hline and Ma Yan Chaung villages, Yar Phu village tract, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

The junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks forced nearly 900 residents from Kaw Hline, Ma Yan Chaung and 60-Mile villages to flee their homes.

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