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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.”

October 26, 2022/in Member statements

For Immediate Release The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.” 26 October 2022 Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), releases our latest report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma. Our findings confirm that the Burma […]

Myanmar junta forces kill, burn 10 in southern Sagaing village

October 25, 2022/in News

Nine of the victims were members of a local resistance group killed in a pre-dawn raid in Yinmabin Township The charred remains of nine resistance fighters and one unidentified civilian were found in a village in Sagaing Region’s Yinmabin Township on Friday, according to local sources. The bodies were discovered in the village of Shwe […]

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.”

October 26, 2022/in Member statements

Myanmar junta forces kill, burn 10 in southern Sagaing village

October 25, 2022/in News

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.”

October 26, 2022/in Member statements

For Immediate Release

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.”

26 October 2022

Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), releases our latest report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma. Our findings confirm that the Burma Army has deliberately derailed prospects for democracy in the country and has embarked on a campaign of targeted and wide-spread abuse in an attempt to terrorize the population into submission. Their volatile and unlawful actions have resulted in widespread displacement resulting in a refugee crisis alongside crippling social and economic impacts on innocent civilians. In areas of Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region, the military junta has continued to act with impunity. HURFOM condemns the ongoing attacks and calls for immediate international intervention.

Since the attempted coup on 1 February 2021, HURFOM has been documenting the human rights violations committed against local people by various battalions of the Burma Army. Through focus groups and interviews conducted by HURFOM for this report, witnesses and victims of various crimes perpetrated by the junta have voiced feelings of insecurity and fears of their future. Economic mismanagement has led to inflation, which has priced basic goods including cooking oil and rice, outside of the financial means of local people. Electricity blackouts are common, leaving many people without power for hours during the day. Compounded with limited work opportunities and ongoing bribery and extortion by the regime, civilians across Southeastern Burma are worried about their futures.

Our findings include evidence of serious disregard for civilian safety and their livelihoods by the military junta. Education has been interrupted, risking a generation of children growing up illiterate and unable to provide for themselves. Young people have been forced to abandon their studies or seek opportunities abroad. As the junta unleashes their campaign of terror, resistance movements are adapting and using various tools and organizing methods to overcome them.

The uptick in violence has also led to protracted displacement. HURFOM observed rising numbers of displacement as the presence of the Burma Army has led to more villagers fleeing to safer areas in search of refuge and protection. Across HURFOM’s documentation, it is evident that the junta is using the same policies of scorched earth, divide and rule as well as the four cuts strategy to deploy their villainous acts.

The international community must be inspired by the will and power of the people and act with integrity and moral conviction on their behalf. There have been multiple calls by civil society organizations who are calling for diplomats and global actors to use their power to protect the lives of those inside Burma. It is imperative that they respond beyond words of condemnation but with actions that will finally make clear to the Burma Army once and for all that they are not above the rule of law and will be punished at the highest international level.

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HURFOM was founded by exiled pro-democracy students from the 1988 uprisings, recent activists and Mon community leaders and youth. Its primary objective is the restoration of democracy, human rights and genuine peace in Burma. HURFOM is a non-profit organization, and all its members are volunteers with a shared vision for peace in the country.

Myanmar junta forces kill, burn 10 in southern Sagaing village

October 25, 2022/in News

Nine of the victims were members of a local resistance group killed in a pre-dawn raid in Yinmabin Township

The charred remains of nine resistance fighters and one unidentified civilian were found in a village in Sagaing Region’s Yinmabin Township on Friday, according to local sources.

The bodies were discovered in the village of Shwe Hlan, which had been raided by around 100 regime forces the day before, the sources said.

“A total of 10 people were killed and their bodies were thrown into a house that was then set on fire,” said Lone Yat, a member of a local defence force.

In statement released on Saturday, an anti-regime group called the Aung San Generation said that nine of the victims belonged to two of the group’s battalions—eight from its Monywa District Battalion 13 and one from Pakokku District Battalion 2.

All nine were in their early 20s, the group said. Two other members were wounded, and two have gone missing, according to the statement.

No information was available about the civilian who was killed.

According to a member of a people’s defence team who did not want to be identified, the raid began at around 5am and took the resistance fighters completely by surprise.

“We had people guarding the area, but some of them were asleep when the military arrived. It was very early, so many local civilians were also trapped,” he said.

At least eight houses were torched in the village, he added. Locals estimated that the raid caused around 60m kyat ($29,000) in damage and loss of property.

Two helicopters were used to take the regime forces out of the village on Friday evening, according to Lone Nat.

There were also reports that the troops that attacked Shwe Hlan also robbed and killed two civilians—a pregnant woman and an elderly person—the day before.

Before raiding Shwe Hlan, the military column also carried out multiple air and ground attacks on Yin Paung Taing, a large village located in the same area, locals said.

Two defence team members who attempted to attack the regime forces with explosives as they left Yin Paung Taing were reportedly tortured and decapitated after being captured.

According to unconfirmed reports, 19 civilians, including two children aged 10 and 17, were killed in the village over the course of three days.

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ND-Burma formed in 2004 in order to provide a way for Burma human rights organizations to collaborate on the human rights documentation process. The 13 ND-Burma member organizations seek to collectively use the truth of what communities in Burma have endured to advocate for justice for victims. ND-Burma trains local organizations in human rights documentation; coordinates members’ input into a common database using Martus, a secure open-source software; and engages in joint-advocacy campaigns.

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