Six Mawlamyine residents arrested

On May 10th, 2024, six men from Chauk Mile Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State were arrested by the military junta after being accused of providing support to the People’s Defense Force.

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Cases of forceful disappearance on the rise in Yebyu

HURFOM: Since early 2024, the number of cases of forceful disappearance have been on the rise in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.  Unknown armed groups have been arresting and forcefully disappearing local villagers, after accusing them of working as military informants.

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One woman killed, another injured by artillery attack in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM: On May 17 ^th , 2024, the military junta targeted Pha Yar Gyi village in the Gyaing River region, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a local woman and injured another.

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Junta’s artillery attacks injure two villagers in Thaton

HURFOM: On May 16th and 17th, 2024, the 9th Light Infantry Battalion launched artillery attacks on villages in V Yaw village track, Thaton Township, Mon State.   There were no active armed clashes at the time.  The attacks injured two villagers, according to the statement by the Thaton District Karen National Union.

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Junta’s air assault kills child in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM:On May 17th, 2024, a 15-year-old from Gone Nyin Sate village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division was killed by a junta air assault. 

“ On that day, we saw smoke coming out from Ka Net Thiri and Ka Twelve villages. ” said a Ka Net Thiri resident.

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Junta promises village rehabilitation program but fails to deliver

HURFOM:On April 24th, 2024, the Mon State military junta announced that displaced persons from Dhammasa, Than Ga Long, Kywe Gone and Ta Ra Nar villages, Kyikemayaw Township, Mon State could return to their homes and begin a rehabilitation program.

The Mon State Chief Minister and its government officials promised 1.1 million MMK would be dispensed to support each displaced villager who lost their homes to fire.

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Resident killed by unexploded ordnance in Kaw Ka Rate

HURFOM:On May 14th, 2024, unexploded ordnance dropped by the military junta killed a man from Ward 2 of Kaw Ka Rate town, in Karen State.

50-year-old U Tun Tun Aye, had  just returned after fleeing his home, which had been subject to an  artillery attack.   While cleaning debris with a shovel from around his house, he  struck and exploded a leftover artillery shell.

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HURFOM Weekly Update: Targeting of Civilians by the Junta Increases in Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM, Third Week of May 2024

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) is deeply concerned over the escalation of attacks by the Burma Army against civilians in the Tanintharyi region. In the last week alone, aerial and ground attacks increased in Yebyu and Tha Yat Chaung, which forced more than 100 people to flee, including pregnant women and children.  

In areas like Kanet Thiri, Gone Nyin Sate, Thae Lan, Chaung Wa Pyin, Sone Sin, and Se Taw, where revolutionary forces are fighting to take control, the junta has launched marine and air strikes, forcing thousands of residents to flee.

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Five villages flee from junta’s artillery attack in Bilin

HURFOM:Since May 6th, 2024, the military junta has been launching indiscriminate artillery attacks on villages in Bilin Township, Mon State, forcing more than 2,000 residents from five villages to flee their homes.

The 314 ^th Bilin based artillery regiment launched artillery attacks on the villages of Shwe Yaung Pya, Kha Loud Inn, Ma Yan Gone, Mi Gyaung Eye and Ah Won Gyi which are under the control of the Karen National Union.  Villagers had to hide in nearby forests, mountains and plantations.

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Junta pressures Chaung Zone residents to celebrate festive events

HURFOM:May 22nd, 2024 is the full moon day of Warso month in the Burmese calendar year with Buddhists typically celebrating the festival of “watering “Bodhi” banyan tree”. The military junta is now pressuring residents of every village in Chaung Zone Township, Mon State to celebrate the festive event.

Junta appointed Administrators have been planning to organize music, and dance shows that include gambling events during the festivals. Their objective is to ensure large crowds attend.

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