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13-year-old girl raped and killed in Mawlamyine Township

HURFOM: On May 26^th, 2025, a 13-year-old girl from Kaw Sein village, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State was raped and killed.

The young girl was in the fifth grade of the Kaw Sein Basic Education Primary School.

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35,000 displaced villagers need urgent help in rainy season

HURFOM: Since March 14^th, 2025, there have been intense battles between the military junta and the Karen National Liberation Army and its alliances in Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State and the constant armed conflict has forced more than 35,000 villagers to flee their homes.

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Junta says NO to new loans to farmers who failed to repay old ones

HURFOM: On May 19^th, 2025, the Myanma Agricultural Development Bank announced a “rainy paddy” loan program for farmers, with terms of 150,000 MMK per acre at 5% interest. However, the bank stated that farmers who failed to repay any prior loans were not allowed to apply to the new loan program.

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Na Bu Lell villager arrested and killed by local armed group

HURFOM: On May 13^th, 2025, 51-year-old U Aye Soe from Na Bu Lell village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was arrested and killed by a local armed group.

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Junta’s regiment burgles nearly 200 houses in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On May 16^th, 2025, a military junta regiment consisting of more than 300 troops advanced into Win Kan village tract, Kyike Hto Township, Mon State and stationed themselves in the area for four days.

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Child steps on landmine in Kan Bauk

HURFOM: On May 25^th, 2025, a 13-year-old child from Thiri Mingalar Ward, Kan Bauk village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division had stepped on a landmine and lost one of his legs.

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Weekly Analysis: Airstrikes in Southeastern Burma Force Civilians to Flee  as Junta Increases Attacks

The military junta is aggressively targeting civilians across the country, as their violence shows no geographic boundaries or limitations. The frequency of airstrikes, in particular, is now nearly daily in the targeted areas highlighted by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region. HURFOM and our network and partners have consistently called for a global arms embargo and targeted sanctions on aviation fuel. Too many futures have already been lost, and without immediate and urgent coordinated action, the everyday lives of civilians will continue to be rooted in fear.

One of the most alarming military escalations in recent months is unfolding in Kyaik Hto Township, Thaton District, Mon State. Since the third week of May, more than 18,000 people from at least 35 villages have been forced to flee as the junta intensifies militarization in the surrounding areas. The sheer speed and scale of this displacement signal a worsening humanitarian emergency in southeastern Burma.

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Monetary incentive plays big role in hiring substitutes for conscription

HURFOM: The military junta is preparing to open their 13^th batch of military training, but it is in need of huge numbers of conscripts.

In Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, the junta has paid as much as three million MMK for a conscript substitute.  Many poor people are interested in joining the military training. The junta is using monetary incentives to target poor and migrant communities.

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Junta kills 14 people within a month in Kaw Ka Rate and Kyone Doe

HURFOM: Since April 14^th, 2025, there have been intense battles in Kaw Ka Rate and Kyone Doe Towns, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. 

According to a statement released by the Mon Liberation Army (MLA) on May 20^th, 2025, junta air assaults, artillery and drone attacks killed 14 residents within a month.

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Junta pressures schools to operate despite military tension in Kyone Doe

HURFOM: The military junta has declared students can be registered for the 2025-26 academic year from May 22^nd to June 1^st, 2025 and schools will open on June 2^nd.

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