A delegation from Myanmar has arrived in Bangladesh to begin interviewing possible returnees. The United Nations refugee agency said Wednesday that conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program. A delegation from Myanmar arrived in the Bangladeshi […]
Military Junta arrested and killed 40 civilians including 30 from Pinlaung, Southern Shan State, and beheaded 2 from March 8th to 15th. Military Junta troops still committing Human rights Abuses and War Crimes against Civilians. They arrested over 19 people as a human shield. They did 4 airstrikes and dropped bombs within a week in […]
3 monks were among those who died in the raid. UPDATED at 2:39 P.M. EST on 03-13-2023 Junta troops killed 21 locals, including three monks, in a raid on a monastery in Shan state’s Pinlaung township, according to the Karenni and Pa-O National Defense Forces. In a statement released Sunday, it said the Myanmar army […]
The bodies of the victims were found scattered around a village monastery in Pinlaung Township on Saturday Content warning: This report contains graphic images depicting the effects of extreme violence, which may be upsetting to some readers. We advise discretion in viewing this content. Myanmar’s military has been accused of committing another mass killing of civilians, […]
Local resistance forces say they mistakenly believed that the car the victims were driving in was travelling together with the targeted vehicle Resistance forces in Mandalay Region have admitted to inadvertently killing two adults and a six-year-old child during an attack on a military vehicle earlier this week. The incident occurred on the Myingyan-Natogyi road […]
A series of arson attacks in Bago Region are believed to have been carried out in retaliation for a drone attack by resistance forces and the killing of a Pyu Saw Htee member’s associate Junta troops and pro-junta militia members burned civilians’ houses, motorcycles and medical supplies this week in several villages in eastern Bago […]
Military junta troops arrested 15 locals from Tatine Village as human shields, killed them, and left their dead bodies from March 1st to 7th in Sagaing Region. 5 civilians from Myingyan township, Mandalay Region, 6 from Launglon, Tanintharyi Region, 3 locals from Yinmabin and 5 youths from Ye-U were arrested and killed. Junta troops are […]
Displacement and the Denial of Human Rights in Southeastern Burma On 7 February 2021, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) began documenting the escalation of atrocities committed by the military junta following a failed coup attempt on 1 February 2021. Over the last two years, the expansion of Burma Army soldiers, particularly in ethnic […]
For Immediate Release 7 March 2023: Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases a new report, “We Dare Not Return,” Displacement and the Denial of Human Rights in Southeastern Burma. The report includes an analysis of the current situation in our respective target areas of Southeastern Burma throughout 2022. The findings draw on interviews with emergency […]
The UN Human Rights Office calls for ‘urgent, concrete action’ to end a humanitarian crisis in the country. Nearly four out of every five townships in Myanmar has been impacted by conflict in the two years since the military coup, according to the United Nations, prompting calls by civil society for “immediate action” to end […]