Nearly 300 youths forcibly recruited for junta’s 18th conscription batch in Mon State
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: Although the junta officially announced that about 200 young people were recruited for Batch 18 of its People’s Military Service Training in Mon State, HURFOM’s field documentation shows that the actual number is higher; between 280 and 300 youths have been forcibly taken. Many were arrested during intensified conscription operations in September and October, which targeted local men across the state. Among them are young people who fled their homes to avoid arrest and others who remain missing after being detained by the Junta’s forces.
Read moreLocals flee as Junta troops advance into Za Di Village, Kanbauk area #Yebyu Township
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: Residents from Za Di Village Tract, located in the Kanbauk area of Yebyu Township, Dawei District, have been fleeing their homes since the second week of October as Junta troops advance into the area.
Read moreMore than 50 young men using “Dawei – Myeik” highway forced into military service
October 20, 2025
HURFOM: From October 7th to the 14th, 2025, junta forces operating the security gates on the “Dawei – Myeik” Union Highway Road, Tenasserim Division have arrested more than 50 young men and forced them into conscription.
Read moreWeekly Analysis: Local Man Forced to Enlist in the Military Junta Dies Within Hours of Arrest
October 20, 2025
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has been documenting the impacts of the junta’s illegal forced conscription since the regime began enlistment in 2024. There have been several worrying observations as the military regime continues to violently extend its reach into the lives of innocent people. Young people in the country have faced immense struggles in the aftermath of the coup, and the unjust effort to force them to fight is yet another threat to their survival.
Over the last week, a man who was taken for forced military conscription in Dawei died within hours of his arrest, according to residents in Thin Baw Seik Ward, Dawei Township. The victim, identified as Ko Yan Naing Oo, around 30 years old, was arrested at night. By the following morning, local authorities informed his family to collect his body.
Read moreArtillery attacks injure two women and child in Tenasserim
October 17, 2025
HURFOM: In the evening of October 14th, 2025, junta forces launched artillery attacks on Ban La Mut village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division injuring two local women and a child.
Read moreThreat of armed clashes keep students from returning to school
October 17, 2025
HURFOM: Beginning in early August, 2025, residents from ten villages alongside the Ka Lane Aung – Ma Hwelve Taung Highway Road, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division fled their homes due to frequent armed clashes, repeated military advances and indiscriminate artillery attacks.
Read moreElectorate show no interest in ‘junta’s sham election’
October 16, 2025
HURFOM: In Mon State, the military junta and their administrative bodies are using loudspeakers to urge people to check their voters’ list; however, no one is listening in what is being called ‘the junta’s sham election’.
Read moreJunta torches 50 houses in Tha Yet Chaung in October
October 16, 2025
HURFOM: Since August, 2025, junta regiments have been divided into two military columns and advanced into ten villages nearby the “Shwe Gu Bridge” Security Gate and the “Tha Yet Hna Kwa Bridge” Security Gate in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division.
Read moreJunta’s army torching houses in Min Pyin village during confrontation
October 16, 2025
HURFOM: The military junta has been battling with the local revolutionary forces for two months, September and October, 2025, in Min Pyin village and Pa La Town, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division. Junta forces have also been torching houses during the confrontation.
Read moreAirstrike in Dawei Eastern Forest area destroys 70 houses and forces 350 residents to flee
October 15, 2025
HURFOM: On October 8th and 10th, 2025, the junta launched airstrikes on Htee Khee village, Dawei Eastern Forest area, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division. The attacks destroyed more than 70 houses and forced more than 350 villagers to flee from their homes.
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