Statement by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland on International Women’s Day: Women Must be Supported in Burma’s Revolution
March 8, 2025
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is deeply concerned about the rising rates of violence against women in Burma and, on International Women’s Day, calls for an urgent and coordinated response to the targeted attacks that jeopardize their well-being and safety. There must also be enhanced support for the numerous women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who are bravely advocating for survivors and traumatized, conflict-affected communities.
Furthermore, the junta must be held accountable for their crimes against women by referring the situation of human rights in Burma to the International Criminal Court. Transitional justice pathways should be accessible to survivors, which include reparations and restitution.
Read moreJunta’s forces extort drug abusers instead of sending them to court
March 7, 2025
HURFOM: In Ye Township, Mon State, junta’s soldiers and police members have been working together to arrest drug abusers, however they have not sent them to court. Instead, they are extorting family members of those they arrest.
Read moreJunta’s air strike injures five villagers in Kaw Ka Rate
March 7, 2025
HURFOM: On March 4th and 5th, 2025, the military junta launched airstrikes targeting villages in Southern Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. The air assaults injured five villagers including a child.
On March 4th, three military fighter jets from the “Hmaw Bee” military airport shot three rockets at Bot Die village, Southern Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. One of the rocket explosions injured a 40-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy. A school also had some damage.
Read moreJunta’s artillery attack injures child in Kyike Hto
March 7, 2025
HURFOM: At about 1 am on March 4th, 2025, the Thane Za Yat based 310th artillery battalion launched at least ten 120-mm artillery attacks on villages in Kyike Hto Township, Mon State even though there was no active armed clash in the area.
Read moreKhaw Zar residents limited to two hours/day of electrical service: Bill still rises to 3,400 MMK per kWh
March 6, 2025
HURFOM: In February, 2025, residents from Khaw Zar Town, Ye Township, Mon State received electricity for only two hours a day, but their bills increased to 3,400 MMK per kWh
The electricity company collected 3,050 MMK per kWh in January, 2025. The company announced they would collect 3,400 MMK per kWh starting February, 2025 due to the high price of gasoline.
Read moreJunta’s air assault injures four villagers including a child in Tha Yet Chaung
March 6, 2025
HURFOM: On March 3rd, 2025, the military junta launched an air assault on Win Ka Phaw village, Taung Pyauk village tract, located in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. There was no active armed clash in the area. The attack injured four villagers including a father and son.
Read moreJunta’s air assault injures three women including two teenagers in Tenasserim
March 6, 2025
HURFOM: On March 3rd, 2025, even though there was no active armed clash, the military junta dropped two bombs on Tha Mee Hla village, Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division. The air assault injured three local women including a 12-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, and an elderly woman Phwar Khin Sein.
Read moreJunta arrests 15 young men travelling by express bus in Bilin
March 5, 2025
HURFOM: At about 5 pm on February 24th, 2025, the military junta’s “Tan Da Dar (Iron Bridge)” security gate located in Tha Pyay Ne village, Bilin Township, Mon State stopped an express bus travelling on the Yangon – Mawlamyine Highway Road.
Junta troops arrested 15 young men on the bus and took them into custody.
“As far as I know, they intentionally targeted those 15 young men. They did nothing with the other remaining passengers and the driver,” said a local source.
The men had just escaped from a call-scam gang operating in Myawaddy, Karen State and were attempting to return to their homes.
“The arrested included many Yangon residents. There were also residents from Mandalay and Irrawaddy Divisions. We do not know their current whereabouts,” said a source familiar with the matter.
However, villagers told HURFOM that the military junta intentionally arrested the 15 young men and forced them to join the 11th batch of the military training for conscripts.
Junta’s troops torch six houses in Ye Chaung Pyar region
March 4, 2025
HURFOM: From February 27th to March 1st, 2025, the military junta’s troops burnt down six houses in Kan Hla village, Ye Chaung Pyar region, Ye Township, Mon State. The junta claims that armed revolutionary forces temporarily stayed at those houses.
Read moreJunta plans to send undocumented persons in Thailand to conscription camps
March 3, 2025
HURFOM: On February 24th, 2025, 200 undocumented Burmese citizens who had served their prison terms in “Ya Noung Detention Camp” in Thailand were sent back to Kaw Thaung Town, Tenasserim Division, Burma.
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