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Administrators in Kyikemayaw extort villagers hiring conscription substitutes

HURFOM: The military junta is opening their 16^th Batch of the Military Training for Conscripts and it has ordered each village or ward to send two young men to the training.

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Three Monks Killed as Junta Airstrike Hits Monastery in Kyaikhto Township

HURFOM: At around 10:20 AM on 24 August, junta fighter jets launched an airstrike on Chan Myae Monastery in Chan Myae village, Kyaikhto Township, Mon State. The strike directly hit the dining hall where monks were preparing for their morning meal.

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Weekly Analysis: Forced Displacement Surges in the Tanitharyi Region

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) expresses concern over the increase in violence in the Tanintharyi Region, which has caused more displacement. Those most affected are vulnerable groups such as women, children, and the elderly, who urgently need support. Attacks by the military junta have instilled fear and uncertainty, as communities fleeing are unsure when or if they will be able to safely return home.

Over 3,000 residents from Saw Phya and nearby villages in Thayet Chaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, have been forced to flee their homes after intense clashes between junta forces and allied resistance groups. Displaced families are now urgently seeking food, shelter, and medicine as their situation becomes increasingly critical.

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Commentary: Civilians in Mon State Living Between Two Fires as Junta Pushes Forward Sham Election

The people of Mon State are enduring unbearable suffering as the military junta escalates its campaign of fear and violence. While intensifying airstrikes, artillery shelling, and mass arrests, the regime is also pressing ahead with a sham election intended to manufacture legitimacy. For ordinary families, these parallel crises mean living each day in fear, displacement, and uncertainty.

The Humanitarian Crisis on the Ground

In Bilin, Kyaikto, and Ye townships, clashes between junta troops and resistance forces have driven thousands from their homes. Displaced families are struggling without food, shelter, or medicine, with many forced to survive on nothing more than rice porridge. “Children and the elderly are getting sick. We are appealing for aid as quickly as possible,” one villager in Ye Township told HURFOM fieldworkers.

Landmines contaminate fields, making even farming dangerous, while indiscriminate drone strikes and artillery fire continue to devastate villages. Monks and monasteries, once sanctuaries, now shelter frightened civilians caught in this relentless war.

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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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