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Elderly Man Severely Injured by Junta Artillery Fire in Ye Township

HURFOM: Ye Township, Mon State – An elderly villager was seriously wounded after artillery shells fired by junta forces struck his home in San Pya village.

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Pyin Htein villagers arrested by junta’s regiment get released

HURFOM: At about 2:30 pm on August 9^th, 2025, a junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division. The regiment arrested four villagers and robbed two homes, taking cash and mobile phones.

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“They stole a phone and 100,000 MKK cash from one house and 80,000 MMK cash from another house. They arrested four men. A 40-year-old man said he was unable to follow them, so they beat and kicked him and abandoned him in a canal,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

The man beaten by the regiment has been admitted to the Dawei General Hospital. The three other men were released on August 11^th.

“The one admitted to hospital is in the process of recovering. Among those released, Ko Min Ko Nile has bruises on his face and chest as he was beaten by the regiment. We’ve heard that each man had to pay a million MMK to get released but we can’t confirm this,” continued the villager.

At about 10 pm on August 23^rd, the junta’s regiment advanced into Pyin Htein village and arrested 40-year-old Ko Khin Maung Htwe and Ko Karen. They also looted homes, taking rice, cooking oil and food.

“Everyone had to flee as the regiment advanced into the village. The two arrested men were released at the Office of the Long Lone Township General Administration Department,” said a Pyin Htein villager.

Junta’s regiments have repeatedly advanced into Pyin Htein villagers frightening residents. The male villagers dare not sleep in their village and have taken to hiding in farms at night.

Junta Troops Use Villagers as Human Shields in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: In Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, junta forces stationed in Mayan Chaung village are preventing local residents from fleeing and instead using them as human shields for their own security, according to local sources and HURFOM field reporting teams.

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Junta Reinforces Troops in Thaton and Ye to Expand Constituencies, Raising Fears of Rights Violations

HURFOM: In the lead-up to the junta’s planned sham election, the military has deployed hundreds of reinforcements to battalions based in Thaton and Ye Townships, Mon State. Local residents fear that this expansion of troops will only bring more human rights abuses, including arrests of young people, extortion, looting, torture, and even extrajudicial killings.

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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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