"The Mon Forum" (English) No. 3/2018 (September 2018)

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?We Still Want Our Land Back”: HURFOM interviewwith victims of land confiscation.....MNEC give up on requests for funding from the Mon State government for Mon educational programs.....NEWS: Farmers request compensation for land confiscated by Prisons Department in Karen State...HURFOM report shows worrying trend in sexual violence against children in Mon State and Mon areas of southern Burma...?We Still Want Our Land Back”: HURFOM interview with victims of land confiscation...MNEC give up on requests for funding from the Mon State government for Mon educational programs...16-year-old girl raped by her cousin?s brother in Ye Township...Family of man killed by Captain Aung Ko Ko Min from LIB #587 still waiting...Locals refuse to pay electricity fees in protest at Bedok Construction Company breaching its agreement for answers after almost 3 months...NMSP?s land application has locals worried about development agenda...Over 200 locals join protest march calling for the shutdown of antimony factories in Mon State...8-year-old girl raped while trying to seek shelter from the floods...NMSP claims their land use application aims to halt land grabs by investment companies, but locals see it differently...?We realized there was no chance to get our land back so our hope faded away” ? Victims of land confiscation speak out...Flooding in Mon State leaves farmers facing livelihood difficulties...44 families left without homes after flooding upset as government halts reconstruction plans...Mon residents of Ye Township unhappy over the removal of a billboard for Mon Revolution Day...Journalists and CSOs protest unfair ruling on 2 journalists in Mawlamyine citing government oppression of media freedom...850 Dengue Fever Cases and 3 Deaths in Mon State Since Start of Rainy Season.....HURFOM ACTIVITIES: HURFOM donates humanitarian aid to the thousands affected by flooding in Kyaikmayaw Township...

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Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)

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2018-09-17

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2018-10-17

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English

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