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"HURFOM: On November 27, 2019, the
Burmese army and the Karen Border
Guard Force (BGF) attacked the New
Mon State Party (NMSP) military base
nmsP: burmese army anD Karen bgF breach nca nmsP: burmese army anD Karen bgF breach nca
in Japanese Well village, near the Three
Pagodas Pass area at the Thai-Burma
border. The armed forces took control
of the base and village. In order to
resolve the conflict, the NMSP is
submitting a report to the Joint
Monitoring Committee-Union (JMC-U)
and the National Reconciliation and
Peace Center (NRPC), according to a
source from the NMSP.
“Regarding the armed conflict, we’ve
been planning to report to the JMC-U.
Then, we’ll also try to meet with
officials from NRPC. We hope they can
help us in solving the current
problem,” said Nai Win Hla, a member
of NMSP Central Executive Committee.
The NMSP met with Mawlamyine-based
Southeast Military Command on
December 2 and discussed the Japanese
Well situation. General Secretary Nai
Aung Min, CEC member Nai Win Hlan
and Colonel Nai Han Thar of the NMSP
met with Colonel Maung Maung Latt of
the Southeast Command but no
concrete agreement was reached..."
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Date of publication:
2019-12-05
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2020-01-19
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"HURFOM: Government schools
throughout Mudon Township, Mon
State, have been permitted to conduct
Mon language lessons for 45 minutes
per day throughout the 2019–2020
academic year. However, teachers
tasked to deliver such lessons report
that the Mon State government has
been unable to provide each student with the accompanying Mon language
textbook. As a result, teachers have
resorted to writing the lessons on
blackboards, thereby wasting the
majority of the allotted 45 minutes.
“From grades one to three, there are
hundreds of students learning Mon
language, but not every student has
their own textbook. In fact, less than
half of all students have their own books..."
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Date of publication:
2019-09-00
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-06
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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...
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2018-09-17
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2018-10-17
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Mon students in need of educational support foruniversity study.....Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drug.....NEWS: Following pressure from villagers, Mon State government U-
turn on their decision to dismiss village administrator...Mon students in need of educational support
for university study...Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drugs...Locals worry about damage to their plantations as Mon State government gives green light to treasure hunters...Mon Youth and Drug Forum Releases 6-Point Plan to Combat Drug Use AmongTeens...Disagreement over Representation
Preventing NMSP from Joining Mon State Ceasefire Monitoring
Committee...Local farmers upset with lack of compensation for
land use in electricity project...Locals call for the shutdown of antimony factories in Mon State if the government fails to control the factories? air pollution...Witness to police torture case beaten and threatened by police in Paung Township...Defense Security Agency continues tosurveil civilians...Parents struggling to pay for extra classes needed to graduate...Farmers suffer as electricity companies fight it out for power market...Family learns of daughter?s rape by monk over social media...Villager tortured by police refuses hush money; files lawsuit against
police...Second case of child rape in a month in Ye township
...Mon Women?s Network to promote women?s voice during national political dialogue.....HURFOM STATEMENT: HURFOM statement: Without ending torture, implementing transitional justice, there can be no chance of national reconciliation...
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Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2018-06-26
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-27
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Local villagers protest against gravel production
project in Paung Township.....Military threats reported as
activists seek justice for Ye Township double murder.....NEWS: World Day against Child Labor held in Ye Township...Local villagers protest against gravel production project in
Paung Township...Splinter group extorts 100000
kyat per house from Han Gan villagers...Anti-Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Day marked in Mawlamyine...Military threats reported as activists seek justice for Ye Township double murder...Five Thanbyuzayat Township villagers
murdered in drug-fuelled violence...Mon Peace and Defense Front Destroy Rubber Plantations...9 year-old girl raped in Ye
Township...Local residents concerned about fire accidents at the military shooting training field...Myanmar National Human Righ
ts Commission (MNHRC) Accreditation by the In
ternational Coordinating Committee of National Institutions
for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)...The Impact of drug use in
Thanbyuzayat...Mon language pre-school opens in Mawlamyine...
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2016-06-06
Date of entry/update:
2018-08-25
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Over a Thousand People Attend the First International
Human Rights Day in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State.....Hluttaw military representative says the military only confiscate land.....NEWS: Kindergarten boy severely
beaten by teacher...Over a Thousand People Attend the First
International Human Rights Day in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State...NMSP?s decision on forced marriage not accepted by
perpetrator...Hluttaw military representative says the
military only confiscate land when necessary...Asian Development Bank holds meeting with Mon State CSOs...Chaungsone Land Owner Dealing with Land Disputes for over a Decade...Thanbyuzayat land victims appeal
to the vice president...Rape: The Burma Army?s unpunished
weapon of war...Missing Kyaikmayaw Township
Missing Kyaikmayaw Township Teen found Trafficked and Raped...Stone Mining in Kyaikmayaw Disturbing the
Environment and Local Civilization.
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Date of publication:
2016-12-14
Date of entry/update:
2018-08-25
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HURFOM commemorates 20th Anniversary and
International Human Rights Day in Moulmein.....Human Rights Protection in Transitional
Burma/Myanmar.....Worries abound over Mon State USDP
election campaign.....Burma 2015: Ballot
Denied -
Disenfranchised
Voters in Kyar Inn
Seik Gyi Township,
Karen State...NEWS: Villager speaks out about
corruption over bridge in
Kayokepi village, Mon State...Election day irregularities in Mon State...Government negotiator lobbies New Mon
State Party to sign ceasefire agreement...Overlapping authority prevents justice in
Three Pagodas Pass rape case...NMSP investigate Gu Bao rape case...Villager speaks out about corruption over
bridge in Kayokepi village, Mon State...Kan Bouk locals complain after Delco...No justice for handicapped girl raped
in Ye Township...
silt lake accident...
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2015-12-00
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2016-04-19
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NEWS:
-Local people concerned
about gas pipeline renovation... -Villagers slowly return to former communities in search
of confiscated land... -Four cases of ?pink card”
bribery...
-Plantations in Min Tar seized
a second time..... Commentary: -Investment law and people?s
rights in Burma.....
Report:
-"Infrastructure projects signal
reform and reservations on the border": "In the past few months, two remarkable infrastructure projects have
been planned for the areas extending north and west of Three Pagodas
Pass on the Thai-Burmese border. The first entails rejuvenating a road that connects the border town to Kyainnseikyi, 53 miles to the north.
The second project is part of a high-profile proposal to reconstruct a 60-
mile section of the ?Death Railway,” a World War II era rail line stretching 170 miles from Thanbyuzayat in Burma to Ratchaburi Province, Thailand..."
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2013-01-00
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2013-02-05
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News:
- Local Residents Face Continuing
Land Abuse In Kaw Thaung;
- Forced relocation looms over 80
households in TPP [Three Pagodas Pass];
- Military, not security: Forced sentry
duty in souther Ye Township;
- Villagers forced to porter and labor for
soldiers in Mon and Karen States;
- DPW Analyzes Human Impact of
Dawei Deep-Sea Port Project;
- Locals plead: justice and
accountability in torture case;
- Extortion and restrictions still burden
travellers on Ye – Tavoy highway;
- Extortion causes villagers hardships
- Insecurity continues to rise in Ye and
Yebyu areas;
- Local community wants state
government to investigate corruption
committed by village administration;
- Armed ethnic groups sign Deed of
Commitment to highlight dedication to
children in armed conflict...
Commentary:
Government Must Address Land
Confiscation for Peace and National
Reconciliation...
Report:
Mon State communities troubled by
growing Ya Ba usage among teens
and students.
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2012-08-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-08-31
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News:
Young women leading
community development
projects;
Torture and ill-treatment
in Burma: Findings from
the Human Rights Network
report;
Mon farmers to bring
lawsuit against Zaykabar
Company;
Children at highest risk
for malaria in Tavoy
Township...
Brief Report:
Absent ruleoflaw
and human rights abuses
in Three Pagodas Pass
border town...
Analysis:
Examination and Critique
of the 2012 Farmland Bill [The title used the term "Bill" though this is clearly an alnalysis of the Act or Law]:
Analyzing the Pyi Daung Su Hluttaw Law No.11, 2012;
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2012-05-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-06-12
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NEWS: Locals in Thanbyuzayat
Township Continue to face
Abuses of Land and
Property Rights: Gov?t Battalion Burnt Down farming huts after
Confiscating the Farms; Rubber Plantation owners wishing to get back the
plantations after over one year confiscated; Plantation owners still charged with monthly
allowances by the ARC No.315 for not to seize the
plantations...
Government?s Navy Units
continue to violate rights
of Locals in Yebyu Township...
INTERVIEW:
An Interview with a
Released Mon Political
Prisoner: Young Buddhist
Monk Zaw Latt...
REPORT:
The Continuation of Human
Rights Violations Despite
Reforms: Summary; Bacvground; Government Troops Commit Forced Labor in Htan Ta BinTownship; Arbitrary Fee Collection Practiced by Government Troops in Htan Ta
BinTownship; Female Villagers Also Face Forced Labor; Human Rights Abuses Continue to Happen in Kyainnseikyi Township -
Villagers Forced to Serve as Porters and Human Shields; Local Villager Subjected to Inhumane Torture; Local Truck drivers Forced to Carry Army Supplies; Conclusion - "It is clear that although many people believe that President Thein Sein and his Administration have taken some
steps of change, for those villagers in Htan Ta Bin and Kyainnseikyi townships the ?change? is just a word as they
are still experiencing human rights abuses at the hands of government troops, such as those documented in this
report.
The findings in this report show that civilians residing in the affected areas have become the victims of extortion
and inhumane torture by government troops. In addition, they are forced to carry military supplies, to clean and
cut the brush, and to clear landmines by walking ahead of the troops, besides providing their oxen-carts, motorbikes,
and trucks for the use of carrying military supplies. Finally, they were demanded to provide a large amount of
money for the government battalions? New Year celebrations.
Despite the establishment of a supposedly civilian-led government and the formation of the National Human
Rights Commission, human rights abuses are still prevalent throughout the rural areas. Hence, it is a moral
imperative for the new civilian government to move towards expansive democratic reforms, which contributes
to all ethnic groups. And to establish political dialogues with all ethnic armed groups in order to end fighting and
to bring about a stable peace. If the government continues to ignore the human rights situation throughout
Burma, the people of Burma will continue to face and suffer human rights abuses in an environment of impunity."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2012-01-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-03-20
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News:
Serving as Human Shield,
Ta Dein Villager Loses his
Leg...
Commentary:
Welcome Myanmar
Human Rights
Commission and Release
of Political Prisoners, but
More Progresses are
Demanded...
Report:
Flood, Insect Attacks, and
The Hardest Time for
Farmers in Lower Burma: SummaryRice is the staple food of Burma and an essential part of Mon agriculture. It is what feeds the majority of people
in Lower Burma and is one of Mon State?s primary exports. But this year rice is in short supply due to a
treacherous trinity of problems that have attacked Mon farmers from all sides.
First, unusually heavy and continuous rains since late May have inundated fields and by the end of August, many
fields are still flooded. Some farmers, such as Nai Both in Sein Taung Ward, Ka-mar-wet village, estimate they
have lost over half of their rice crop to flooding. In past years, farmers could re-cultivate their paddies after a
flood. But as this year?s flooding has persisted unusually long, some farmers say there is neither time nor enough
resources to re-cultivate. Making matters worse, a state-owned dam, the Win Pa-noon dam, is at full capacity.
Needing repairs and on the verge of collapse, officials have opened the sluice gates, releasing water into farmers?
fields. Farmers say the dam is the biggest obstacle in reducing the water levels.
Second, an invasion of snails has complicated efforts to maintain remaining rice plants and hampered those
trying to re-cultivate. A zoologist who spoke with HURFOM said these snails, known as golden apple snails, are
part of a species that is new to the region. They feed on the rice plants and lay thousands of eggs. Due to their
rapid rate of reproduction, they can quickly overtake a rice field.
Third, farm rats have taken shelter in the fields that were least damaged by floods. In doing so, they built
underground nests from which an increasing number of rats emerge to eat the panicles.
Farmers, former officials, and experts, have predicted that this year?s production of rice will not meet the needs
of Mon State. Meanwhile, the government has yet to officially acknowledge there is even a problem. Some of the
interviewees in this report opined that the government is not in the business of telling the truth, and officials have
habitually reported false numbers to higher-ups in a chain of continuing false information. At the local level, for
their part, authorities have forced beleaguered farmers to pay taxes for repairs to the Win Pa-noon dam and work
in projects having similar characteristics as Loh Ah-Pay. But ill-equipped and under-supported, the farmers struggle
to remove and kill all the snails and rats. In some cases, farmers have been forced to re-cultivate certain paddies
owned by the government at their own expense.; Methodology; A background of paddy rice cultivation and current problems; Farmers Struggle to Stay Afloat Amid Severe Flooding in Lower Burma; No chance to re-cultivate the paddies in time; Paddy Rice Damaged by Snails and Farm Rats; Local Farmers Forced to Pick up Snails; Background of The Golden Apple Snails; Widespread Damage Caused by Rats After the Flooding; Local Farmers Forced to Re-Till Paddy Fields; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-09-00
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2011-10-31
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News:
Human rights abuses are
still being committed in
the area of land confiscation: Villages at deep sea project
prepare for relocation; Personal Accounts (2 cases)...
Commentary:
Creating the conditions.
for successful peace talks...
Report:
Biting the hand that
feeds - Armed extortion
in Karen State: Summary"
"From late June to mid-July 2011, HURFOM field reporters gathered human rights violation cases through
conducting interviews with native residents of the villages under the administration of Kyon-doo Township,
Kawkareik Township, and Kyarinnseikkyi Township. These villages include those that are located in western and
southern Kawkareik Township, and some in the southern part of Kyarinnseikkyi Township, Karen State. Of
native residents interviewed, 95% of them reported that they are being arbitrarily taxed by multiple armed
groups. They experience immense hardship from trying to make a living while supporting all these groups, and
they fear the prospect of having to maintain this arrangement long-term. The remaining 5 % of those interviewed
reported that they are continuously being threatened, unfairly oppressed, and used as porters and human shields.
This report concerns local villagers in the aforementioned areas, 98% of which are Karen nationals and 2% are
Mon and Burmese nationals. These local residents heavily depend on the income from their farms and orchards
for their livelihoods while some, residing along the rivers and streams, work as fishermen for a living.
HURFOM has documented war crimes from ongoing war and armed conflicts happening in the following
targeted areas: Karen State, Mon State, and Tenissarim Division. These are the areas where the government
troops and Karen armed groups were active and engaged in fighting during HURFOM?s information-gathering
over a one month period. It?s similar to the previous report about the breakout of fighting between government
troops and a Karen armed group, which affected the lives of civilians where the conflicts took place. It also
revealed that both sides, the government troops and the Karen armed group, harmed local residents by demanding
military supplies, supporting fees, food supplies, and anything else their armies needed..." Methodology; Armed conflict in the Karen areas; Extortion and arbitrary taxation by breakaway DKBA armed forces; Local businessmen forced to pay armed groups of both sides; Fleeing armed conflict and forced relocation; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-08-11
Date of entry/update:
2011-09-12
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News:
Large Sums Extorted from
Residents by Local
Authorities for the Water
Festival in Kawkareik
Township...
Commentary:
Peace-building and the
solving of Human Rights
Problems...
Report:
?They will burn the
village until it turns to
ash?: Gross human
rights violations
committed by LIB Nos.
562 and 563 in
Kawkareik Township,
Karen State: On the morning of January 13, 2011, the Burmese Army?s Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) No. 562 and 563 entered
Dauk Phalan village in Kawkareik Township, Karen State. Unbeknownst to the LIB troops, Karen National Union1(KNU)?s
Brigade 6, battalion No.18, was present in the village. Coming upon each other, both sides opened fire. During the fighting,
sections of the LIB battalions scavenged the village for residents they believed to be linked with the KNU. LIB troops then
conducted arbitrary arrests of accused rebel supporters, inflicted physical punishment upon villagers, forcibly took villagers
to work as porters, and destroyed the properties and livelihoods of villagers in order to insure armed ethnic groups were
unable to survive in those areas...Torture; Execution; Extortion; Property Destruction; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2011-05-00
Date of entry/update:
2011-06-21
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News:
(1) Gas Pipeline and Railway
Security Troops Unintentionally
Shoot Local
Residents Free From
Culpability...
Commentary:
Release of Political
Prisoners Can Move
Forward ?National
Reconciliation?...
Report:
A Year Later, Villagers
Still Displaced Unable to
Return Home in Ye and
Yebyu Township:- Summary:
"In April 2010, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) refused the Burmese government?s request for the NMSP to
transform into part of the Border Guard Force (BGF), in which it would essentially provide security for the
Burmese government. Tensions between both sides rose because of the NMSP?s rejection and the State Peace
and Development Council (SPDC – the former Burmese military government) began a recruitment project in
local villages, forcing villagers to serve as militiamen and committing a variety of human rights abuses. During
that period, HURFOM conducted interviews with local residents who fled their homes to Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) sites, and documented the commission of crimes against humanity and assorted human rights
abuses, on those IDPs, who lived in Ye Township, Mon State, and Ye Pyu Township, Tenasserim Division.
Villages that faced militia recruitment during this period were Alaesakhan village, Hlar-chaung-pyar village, and
Ta-nee Tha-kyar village in Ye Pyu Township, and Ma-kyi village, in Ye Township. Villagers in these areas were
confronted with execution, extortion, torture, and forced relocation by the Burmese Army [at that time, the
SPDC], accused of supporting rebel groups, and used as human shields leading the Burmese army [SPDC].
Consequently, many of these villagers, along with their entire families, were forced to flee their homes, leaving
their orchards and other properties behind"; Background; Torture, Execution, Forced Labor and Extortion; Travel Restrictions and Impacts on Incomes; Livelihoods at the IDP Sites; Nai Htay Win:; Forced Labor; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2011-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2011-05-24
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News:
(1) Residents Forced to
Construct Military
Barracks for Border Guard
Forces? (BGF) troops in
Myawaddy District, Karen
State;
(2) Young women and elderly
forced to Porter in
Kawkereik Township,
injuries result;
(3) No Longer Able to Provide
Rice, the MRDC Contemplates
Providing Money;
(4) KPF Soldier Commits
Suicide After Shooting a
Civilian;
(5) Post-Ceasefire Education
Role Thrown into Question...
Commentary:
The New Government
Must Respect Freedom...
Report:
?To Whom Do We Report??:
Land Seizure by
MOGE for the Expansion
and Straightening of the
Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay
Gas Pipeline:- Background; Interviews; Analysis & Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2011-04-18
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News:
(1) Authorities in Ye Township
seize land ostensibly for
community development;
development remains
absent...
Commentary:
Minority Rights in Ethnic
States of Burma...
Report:
?Sitting on the fire?:
forced labor demands
during Kanbauk to
Myaing Kalay Pipelien
expansion:- Introduction; History of forced labor; Ongoing forced labor on the pipeline; Economic impacts; Conclusion ["Since 2000 the use of forced labor
in the construction of the Kanbauk
to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline has
been a key catalyst in the
commission of crimes against
humanity by Burmese soldiers along
the pipeline. Now, as construction
has begun again in January 2011, residents around the pipeline, already battered by years of abuse and
economic hardship, face continued forced labor demands by Burmese soldiers.
Working without compensation or support, villagers must not only cover the cost of food, construction
materials and tools, but also spend the day working in grueling labor conditions, along a notoriously dangerous
pipeline, or in guarding pipes or pipeline that, if attacked or damaged, can lead to the torture, imprisonment
or execution of the laborer by the supervising battalion. Denied the preferred opportunity to avoid labor
demands by paying a fee, communities? attempts to negotiate their own economic instability are slashed.
Such changes in informal policy represent a step back for communities who build their local financial stability
around improvised methods to best improve their financial stability.
The use of forced labor in both southern and northern areas of the Kanbuak to Myaing Kalay pipeline reveals
a continued ignorance or intentional disregard for the conventions of the ILO working to ban the use of
forced labor by Burmese military forces. Though reporting on abuses like those documented here remains
dangerous for residents and victims of labor ordered by military forces, the recent renewal of the ILO
convention for the 2011 to 2012 year promises an opportunity in which the ILO may be able to assist
communities in addressing these abuses. HURFOM hopes that communities and Burmese government
forces are able to work effectively with the ILO this year to curtail the potential use of forced labor in projects
in resource extraction, industrial development, and construction already in their nascent stages in southern
Burma"]
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-18
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News:
Arbitrary taxation in
Pa?an Township burdens
phone operators to near
breaking point...
Commentary:
HURFOM Welcomes the
UN Commission of Inquiry
on War Crimes in Burma...
Report:
LIKE BIRDS IN A CAGE:
Impacts of continued
conflict on civilian
populations in
Kyainnseikyi and Three
Pagodas area: The Background of the local armed conflicts; Abuses of Power; Injuries and conflict induced violence; Portering and Human Shields; Hostage village; Miscommunication and beatings; Theft; Extortion; Travel Restrictions; Conclusion...
SUMMARY:
"While the sudden conflict that erupted on November 7th between the Burmese State Peace and Development Council
(SPDC) and splinter Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) forces drew much attention internationally, and
concern from Burma?s ASEAN neighbors, the local impacts from the continuation and even expansion, of this
conflict have garnered less attention.. For this months report the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
has documented the commission of crimes against humanity and assorted human rights abuses, on local ethnic
residents between Kyainnseikyi Township, and Three Pagodas Pass Township, Karen State.
In areas of continued fighting, civilians have suffered from direct exposure to violence, as bystanders to indiscriminate
mortar, RPG, and small arms fire, use as forced porters, human shields, human land mine triggers, and physical
abuse. Armed groups have also abused civilian communities through theft, extortion, and travel restrictions. Direct
exposure to these threats undermines key methods of survival for local communities, who, though capable of addressing
normal military presence, face greater threat to safety and live hood with enlarged and aggressive military presence.
This uncommon level of disruption must be resolved for communities to ensure their safety and livelihood.
Three HURFOM field reporters who conducted this field research recorded accounts from over thirty victims who
have faced these abuses and hardships inflicted by ongoing armed conflict. In certain cases victims omitted personal
information due to their security concerns. Additionally as this data was gathered in a live conflict zone, areas that
were cut off ongoing action have not been visited. These accounts gathered by HURFOM field reporters give a clear
sample of the abuses perpetrated in these areas and others not yet reached by field reporters, as further research
efforts continue over the next months."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-09
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News:
(1) Route to TPP closed
sending up commodity
prices...
Commentary:
The Regime and The
Companies in Collaboration
in Land Confiscations...
Report:
?When I became desperate?:
Opinions of residents
during forced land acquisition
in Kyaikmayaw Township: Introduction; October to November; November, Opening Demands; December 3rd to the
6th; December 6th; December 7th; December 8th; December 9th; December 22nd; Opportunity for change; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-22
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News:
(1) 1700 villagers join antielection
protests in Karen;
and Mon State
(2) Expansion of militia and
civilian strike groups at
cost to villagers prior to
election...
Commentary:
The New Civil War and
Human Rights after Elections...
Report:
Waiting in Tears: Impacts
of impending cement
factory development in
Kyaikmayaw Township:- Farms to Factory; Impact; Dirty Money; Essential for Life; Loss of Culture; Resistance; Conclusion.....
Summary: Local communities in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State are facing the immanent threat of land seizer
by local authorities, for the construction of a large scale cement factory and processing plant for the
limestone from a nearby mountain. Nearly 600 acres of paddy land have already been surveyed for
construction. The community, which is heavily dependent on the surrounding farmland passed on from
generation to generation, has received no opportunity for input in the project, and only paltry warning of an
impending ?State? ordered seizer of its land. The project will have severe environmental impacts as it calls for
the leveling of Ni Don mountain, the construction of a processing plant and factory, and construction of
secondary infrastructure such as roads and a jetty into the nearby river. The company spearheading the
cement plant construction is predominantly controlled by key members of the regime-backed political party
the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Profits form the completed cement factory will be
used to finance the government-backed USDP. In addition, the mountain is home to significant sacred
Buddhist sites, relics, and cave paintings and drawings, which will be lost as the mountain is destroyed.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-10-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-03
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News:
(1) Thousands flee from Three
Pagoda Pass Town, support
and basic supplies a
concern...
Commentary:
Welcoming the Release of
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and
Genuine National Reconciliation...
Report:
Sand on the meat: citizen
voices on election
intimidation, manipulation
and loss: November 7
7:00 AM - Wattae village, Mudon Township, Mon State...7:45 AM - Kaw-Kha-Loe village, Mudon Township...8:00 AM - Kamawet village, Mudon Township...8:00 AM - Nyaung Gone village, Mudon Township...9:00 AM - Juin Pan, Wad Tal, Winn Dar villages, Mudon Township...10:00 AM - Wattae village, Mudon Township...11:00 AM - Kankalay, Kangyi, and Kyone Phite villages, Mudon Township...11:00 AM - Lamine sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State...2:00 PM - Mudon Township...2:00 PM - Mudoon village, Chaung Zone Township...2:30 PM - Kamawet village, Mudon Township...Between 1:00 and 3:00 PM - Thanpyuzayat town, Thanpyuzayat Township...Between 1:00 and 3:00 PM - Kyaik Paran village, Mudon Township...Between 1:00 and 3:00 PM - Kyone Phite village, Mudon Township...3:30 PM – Mudoon village, Chaung Zone Township...4:00 PM - Mudon Township...November 8th
Kyaikmayaw Township...Kamawet village, Mudon Township...Conclusion....Map showing HURFOM documented election abuses in Mon State.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-03
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News:
(1) Ye Township Immigration
Department inflates ID
costs;
(2) Local SPDC police captain
orders forced labor for
police station construction
in southern Ye
Township;
(3) Mon monk sentenced to
15 years in Insein Prison...
Commentary:
Who will be responsible
for past human rights
violations?...
Report:
35 Days Till Election: how
state resources and area
restrictions impact ethnic
votes in Mon and Karen
States: Background; Election Abuses; Manipulation – Family Lists and ID Cards; Coercion - Bribery; Coercion – Threats, Force, and Use of State Employees; Election Restricted Village Tracts; Personal Resistance; Opinions; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-06
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News:
(1) SPDC soldiers arbitrarily
shoot villager and boy...
Commentary:
USDP?s manipulations to
win in elections...
Report:
Watering the Poison-Tree:
The ongoing systemic
erosion of democratic
process: Background on Manipulation of Election Structure; Independent Parties; Civilian Observations of Abuses; USDP and NUP Election Abuses: Opening office and recruiting, Privileges granted for
current members, Intimidation; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-05
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News:
(1) VPDC chairmen reluctant
to collect student distinction
taxes;
(2) Mon party?s campaign
dogged by government
surveillance...
Commentary:
Ceasefire Concern,
Security tightened in Gas
Pipeline Areas...
Report:
?They think we are not
human?: Strategic abuses
threaten local economy:- Summary
This month the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) documents the
perpetuation of human rights violations by the State Peace and Development Council?s (SPDC?s)
army units that are reminiscent of the previous anti-insurgent ?4-cuts? policy. Despite the
supposed discontinuation of these systematized abuses, research clearly indicates that these
violations are continually put in use to target ethnic groups located in the southern part of Mon
State and northern part of Tenasserin Division.
Starting in early May 2010 for over a two and a half month period, the four SPDC battalions LIB
No. 282, No. 273, No. 299, IB No. 31, ordered travel restrictions against villages in northern
Tenaserim Division and Southern Mon state on four separate occasions. In addition, HURFOM
has confirmed that in four cases SPDC forces also defined restricted boundaries outside of
villages in which villagers had to relocate their homes. Governmental army units have conducted
a campaign of travel restrictions, arbitrary taxation, forced labor and forced relocation. These
human rights violations threaten the local economy, security and livelihood of the residents in a
specific attempt to suppress the influence and capacity of local insurgent armed groups based in
the area. The consequences of these targeted violations are that villagers and owners of farms,
plantations, and orchards have been deliberately undermined and had their financial stability
disrupted, subsequently leaving famers and plantation owners financially crippled, and at times
forced to move to more stable regions of Mon State...Background...Methodology...Targeted Abuses:
Travel restrictions and work impact...Theft of crops from perennial plantations and fruit orchards...Forced Labor...Forced Relocation...Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2010-08-04
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News:
(1) SPDC fines villager s for
digging bomb-shelters for
their security in
Kyainnseikyi Township;
(2) USDA election party
membership fee causes
frustration amongst
members;
(3) Recent Karen-Burmese
fighting trigger s curfew
and travel restrictions; (4) Tax increase at SPDC checkpoint on Zami River, financial
burden for travelers and merchants...
Commentary:
Generals? Road Map to
Power after the Elections...
Report:
We all must suffer:
Documentation of continued
abuses during
Kanbauk to Myaingkalay
pipeline ruptures: Introduction; The presence of Kanbauk to Mayinkalay and a history of ruptures; Current situation for pipeline ruptures and abuses; Abuses related to gas ruptures in Taung Pon Village and Kwan Hla
village; Arbitrary arrest and detention; Forced labor, guard duty and extortion; Travel restrictions; Health and Environmental impacts from gas ruptures in Taung Pon
and Kwan Hlar villages; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2010-07-05
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News:
(1) Khaw Zar town residents
struggle with new people?s
militia tax;
(2) SPDC township authorities
arrest and extort fees
from residents not
included in family lists...
Commentary:
2010 Elections with Non-
Politicians Candidates...
Report:
Like water poured in the
sand: Southeastern Burma
in a post-ceasefire world:- Introduction; Methodology; Background -
Pre-ceasefire period; Post-ceasefire agreement period; Current Period; IDP Camps; IDP Camp Security; Current circumstances and needs of of Halockhanee and Blehdonphite
resettlement sites; Economic Impacts of War; Impacts on Local Businesses; Land Seizure; Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2010-05-27
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News:
(1) IDP influx instigates
Halochanee camp supply
crisis;
(2) 2010 Election Update: Ye
Township USDA office
use government
administration to request
family lists from area
residents...
Commentary:
2010 Elections Is Meaningless
for the Mon People...
Report:
When Frogs Eat Frogs:
Systematic Abuses by DKBA
Forces Against Karen
Communities: DKBA Army and Precedents of Abuse; Extortion in the Kawkareik Township DKBA Controlled Territory; Unpaid Labor and Portering Service Committed by DKBA; Torture committed by DKBA Battalions No.908 and No. 907 in
Kawkareik Territory; Villager Opinions on the DKBA; Conclusion....Summary:
"The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) will spend its April 2010 report documenting the
continued deliberate abuse of predominantly Karen residents by forces from the Democratic Karen Buddhist
Army (DKBA). These findings come 1 year after HURFOM initially released a report detailing abuses
committed by DKBA forces in Dooplya Distrct1.
From early March to the third week of April, a team of field researchers from HURFOM has documented
human rights abuses committed by soldiers from the DKBA against local residents in the areas of Kawkareik
and Kyainnseikyi townships. These areas remain contested by the armies of the SPDC and DKBA, sporadically
engaging with elements of the insurgent Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). Within these "black
areasâ� or free fire zones, SPDC and DKBA armies do not restrict their use of lethal force, and government
and proxy army units, such as the DKBA, are given an unwritten order to steal, extort, and arbitrarily tax
residents as they see fit to provide for their units own survival and wealth.
HURFOM believes that as tensions have increased in relation to preparations by the SPDC for their 2010
election, and their relationship with the border ceasefire groups deteriorates, these troubles will lead to
increased human rights abuses. It is crucial that the activities of the pro-government proxy army, the DKBA
remain closely documented.
This report will detail the 3 primary abuses committed by DKBA forces during this period; extortion of
goods and money, use of unpaid labor and porters, and torture. The DKBA, which has informally accepted
the SPDC's request to refit as a subsidiary border guard force, has become nearly unrecognizable to area
residents, who cite shared language as the only means of separating SPDC forces from those of the DKBA.
To highlight the growing concern within the Karen community over the direction the DKBA has turned,
HURFOM has included in the latter half of this report opinions from township residents' describing their
experiences, reactions and thoughts regarding the DKBA's close partnership with the SPDC."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-05-04
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(1) Village militia campaign
leads to arrests in Yebyu
Township;
(2) DKBA combined base
supplies gathered at
villager expense;
(3) Continued Forced Portering
in Than Tha Bin Township...
Commentary:
Social Responsibility of
Multinational Companies in
Burma...
Report:
Oil and Water: The Impact
of Government salary
increases on democratic
prospects: Introduction; The Salary Increase; Details of Commodity Price Increases; Voices of Current Government Employees; Voices of Retired Government Employees; Voices from privately employed civilians; Analysis; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-02-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-04-27
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News:
(1) Cordless phone towers
closed due to suspected
media link;
(2) Over 300 villagers flee
from MOMC.7 offensive in
Pegu Division;
(3) Displaced villagers
continue to struggle in
Tavoy District;
(4) Villagers forced to live in
hiding after 2 villages
burned;
(5) Extortion efforts
against residents near
Kanbauk to Myinkalay
pipeline expanded...
Commentary:
Can Ethnic Problems Be
Solved After the 2010
Elections?...
Report:
Cycles of abuse: How
extortion of remittances
from Burmese workers
perpetuates worker
migration: Introduction; Background; Key checkpoints extorting money from migrants; Departure and extortion of migrants at Three Pagoda Pass; Departure and extortion of migrants at Myawaddy; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-04-27
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News:
(1) Mon National Day Committee
accepts government
censorship;
(2) 200 Karen villagers forced
into service in Than Tha Bin
Township...
Personal Accounts:
(1) A group of victims who had
fled from the southern part
of Ye Township...
Commentary:
New Conflicts in Mon Areas
Signal Instability in 2010...
Report:
?We have to try”: Mount
ing pressure in election
preparations and re
sponses from the Mon
State community: Introduction; Background; Methodology; Census-gathering; Movement Restriction Against Civilians During the Pre-election Period; Targeting of Monastic Communities; Community responses to SPDC manipulation; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-01-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-04-26
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News:
(1) Continued abuse on
International Human
Rights day in Khaw-zar
sub-township;
(2) Villagers forced to carry
stones for Burmese army
battalion;
(3) IB No. 48 kills 3 in Pegu
Division...
Commentary:
Farmers in Mon State are
in Trouble...
Personal Accounts:
Meeting with villagers
who escaped from
torture and abuses in
their home...
Report:
Election preparations
round off a year of abuses
against farmers in Mon
territory: Introduction; Devastation in the 2009 crop season; Ongoing Abuse; Arbitrary seizure of farmland; Maintenance duty for gas-pipelines; Extortion of money for cost of tractor; Forced summer paddy cultivation; Forced labor on agriculture projects; Forced sales of discounted rice to the Army; Impacts; Ongoing SPDC trainings for 2010 election; Impact of election preparation trainings on farmers; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-12-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-04-26
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News:
(1) More than one hundred
acres of farmland confiscated
in Kamawet Sub-
Township...
(2) 37 villagers detained by IB
31 in Khawza Sub-Township...
(3) Army continues to demand
that local residents work
along gas pipeline in
Thanbyuzayat township.....
Commentary:
The 2008 Constitution and
the 2010 Elections:
Without Inclusiveness,
Problems Will Remain
Unresolved.....
Report:
Burmese government
pressure on communities
for support in 2010
election: Introduction...Background:...Use of Information Reporting and Spying Among Communities in Pre-election
Period:...Militia Recruitment Disguised as Civilian Welfare Trainings:...Increase in Militia and Police Recruiting within Communities:...Arbitrary and Excessive Taxation Abuse From Pre-Election Recruitment:...Conclusion:
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2009-12-01
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News:
(1) Villagers in Kyaikmayaw
Township forced to
contribute money towards
castor bean mill...
(2) Militia recruitments
ordered in North
Tenasserim Division...
Commentary:
National Politics Party,
NUP and USDA Start a
Secret Campaign for 2010
Elections...
Report:
?I am very tired”: Three
months of abuses along
the Kanbauk to Myaing
Kalay gas pipeline in
Northern Ye and Southern
Thanbyuzayat Township,
from August 2009 to
October 2009: Introduction...Cases of Villagers Forced to Act as Human Shields, and Subsequent
Disappearances and Deaths...Unpaid Labor...Arbitrary Taxation by Burmese Army gas pipeline security forces...Torture...Physical and emotional intimidation...Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-11-21
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News:
(1) Students pay excess
maintenance fees in Ye
Town;
(2) DKBA soldiers beat and
rob villagers in Thaton
district;
(3) 19-Year-Old Woman Raped
and Murdered in Karen
State;
(4) LIB no. 273, forced
resident to serve
portering into their
operation...
Commentary:
Peace Spirit in
September 2007...
Reports:
(1) Burmese government
action in advance of 2010
election...
(2) Empty Rice Baskets: An
Analysis of the Causes and
Implications of the August
2009 Flooding in Mon
State: Introduction; Background; Methodology; The Win-pha-non and Kataik dams; Dam flooding impacts; Rainfall Flooding; Rainfall Flooding Impacts; Burmese Government Abuse; Additional Burdens for Mon State?s Farmers
Forcing Farmers to Guard the Gas Pipeline; Farmers Forced to Work on the Burmese Army?s Farms; Opinions; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2009-10-03
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News:
(1) Forced militia training
conducted in Ye Township;
(2) Extortion and corruption
over football match in Ye
township;
(3) Villagers forced to repair
road in Tenasserim division...
Commentary:
Fracturing Ceasefires and
Regional Security Threats...
Report:
?Our Village Will Not
Last:”
Analysis of Abuses
Conducted Against
Civilians in Mon State and
Tennaserim Division:- INTRODUCTION; SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; BACKGROUND; Arbitrary Taxation; Intentional Depopulation; Sexual Assault; Land and Property Seizure; Villager Agency; Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-09-08
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News:
(1) Frustrated by military
abuses, young Mon men
join the Mon insurgent
group...
(2) Corruption and arbitrary
taxation on road repairs in
Hangan...
Commentary:
Wait and See for ASEAN
Human Rights Commission...
Report:
The Coming Crisis of
Brigade No. 6: Analysis of
the Current Abuses
Committed Against the
Karen Population -- Introduction...Background - Previous attacks and the fall of Brigade No.7...Brigade No. 6...Deployment: SPDC, DKBA, KPF...Brigade No. 6 is the goal...The prospective civilian crisis...Ongoing Human Rights Abuse in the area...Seizer of supplies - money and food...Map of village locations which can be affected by the armed clashes in the KNLA?s southern Dooplaya
District [Brigade No. 6.]...Travel restriction...Forced recruitment...Forced Portering service...Perspective - Fears and opinions of local villagers on armed conflict.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-07-31
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News:
(1) Village in Mudon township
forced to repair pipeline
ruptures...
(2) Over 2,981 Karen flee
during the SPDC/DKBA
and KNLA clashes...
Commentary:
SPDC's will to oppose
'National Reconciliation'...
Personal Accounts:
Interview with three
women who fled from
home and attempted to
migrate to Thailand...
Report:
A road runs through it:
Accounts of abuse during
strand road construction
in Thanbyuzayat: INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; LAND SEIZURE; FORCED SECURITY AND MANUAL LABOR; FORCED PROVISION OF FOOD; Map of Mon PDC road project connecting Setse beach and Kyaikkami Sub-Township, which has directly affected the economic well-being of the local farmers and villagers in Thanbyuzayat Township; CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2009-06-26
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News:
(1) Villagers are spread thin
after meeting
uncompensated labor
demands...
(2) No end in sight after 4
years of obligatory
security detail by villagers.....
Commentary:
Outraged but not
surprised.....
Media release:
Systemic human rights
violations along 180-mile
gas pipeline in southern
Burma, says new report.....
Personal:
Meeting with child labors
from Southern Mon State.....
Report:
?I Will Never Go Back:”
Human Rights Abuses in
Mon State and Tenasserim
Division:- Introduction; Arbitrary Executions; Destruction of Civilians? Houses and Properties; Map of the area documented in the report; Plundering and Looting of Food Supplies; Using Villagers in Forced Porter Service; Causing Great Economic Hardship and Food Crisis; Voices from the Victims Regarding the Loss of their Homes; Conclusion: "The individual abuses carried out in the 4 square mile area surrounding Paukpinkwin are representative of the
broader abuses committed by the Burmese army within the wider region of South Mon State and Northern
Tenasserim Division. As families continue to flee, abuses by Burmese army and, on a much smaller scale,
insurgent forces, are carried out in increasingly depleted communities. In one extreme example, the 2 villages
of Baraung and Amae have been completely relocated under the Burmese army?s counter-insurgency policy,
carried out in July 2006 and November 2008 respectively. HURFOM research indicates that 65% of households
in Paukpinkwin have been forced to relocate in the last 10 years, and continued instances of abuse by the
Burmese Army threaten to condemn Paukpinkwin and the surrounding area to a similar fate of Baraung and
Amae.
But for many villagers, some who are elderly or have lived in the area for generations, leaving is an arduous
and sometimes impossible task. They are thus trapped, unable to leave, but also unable to live. These families
will remain the fodder for future human rights violations as long as the process of militarization continues."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-05-28
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(1) Mon rebels and SPDC
army execute four village
leaders in span of 12
hours...
(2) New joint Mon-Burmese
force attacks Karen rebels
in Tenasserim Division...
(3) Village headman sells
confiscated land in Ye
Township.....
Commentary:
Militarization in ethnic
areas obstacle to national
reconciliation.....
Report:
Surviving in the places
where power comes
through gun barrels:
Violations Accounts of
DKBA and its Unlawful
Activities in Dooplaya
District" I. Summary; II. Background of Dooplaya District; III. Abuses by DKBA Kloh Htoo Baw or Shwe Hpar Si? Tactical Command; A. Current offensives against KNLA/KNU; B. Demanding building materials, food and money for new camps construction; C. Destruction of properties; D. Confiscating livestock and agriculture products; E. Using villagers as minesweepers, guides and porters; F. Attacks on religious freedom; G. Movement Restriction; IV. Abuses by DKBA Special Battalion No. 999; A. Systematic looting of food and livestock; B. Destruction, arrest and extortion; C. Appointment of spies and
informants; V. Conclusion; Map of area.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2009-04-23
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News:
(1) Permission denied to
repair Mon National
schools in southern Ye
township...
(2) Nigh time travel banned in
Mudon and Thanbyuzayat...
(3) Six villages suffer actions
by DKBA.....
Commentary:
Considerations on Human
Rights and Political
Progress......
Personal:
Meeting with villagers
who recently fled to the
border......
Report:
Economic predation:
taxation, extortion and
commandeering in Mon
State: I. Introduction; II. Background:
A. Bad times, getting worse...B. Taxation...III. Taxation, extortion and commandeering:
A. Forced labor fees...B. Projects and events...C. Services and general opportunism...D. Support for the army.....IV. Livelihood consequences......V. Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-03-30
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News:
(1) Mons worldwide celebrate
national day; Burmese
regime censors their
speech...
(2) Villagers forced to pay for
concert...
(3) Government-appointed
headman stealing resources
meant for school
repairs.....
Commentary:
Regime still fails to
improve human rights
before the 2010 election.....
Report:
Living on a one-way
ticket: self-reliance in the
Mon resettlement sites:- I. Introduction...II. Background...
A. Factors motivating displacement: a. Interrogation, assault and summary execution; b. Travel restrictions, forced relocation and surveillance; c. Punitive taxation, quotas, land seizure and looting; d. Forced labor, including conscription of porters and human minesweepers for
military operations...B. Resettlement sites and
?returned refugees”...III. Returned refugees livelihoods
A. MRDC support and ?self reliance”...B. Factors under-mining self reliance
1. Limited space for agriculture...Map of resettlement sites in NMSP controlled areas near the Thai Burma border...2. Security...3. Few non-agricultural jobs...IV. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2009-02-26
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News:
(1) Police harassing Mon
women legally working in
Thailand...
(2) Eight village tracts forced
to provide unpaid, 24
hour road sentries...
(3) Authorities ignoring rape
and murder of 7-year-old
girl in Pegu Division...
(4) Corrupt taxation enriching
government appointed
headman in Mudon
Township.....
Commentary:
People will be forced to
support SPDC parties in
2010 Elections.....
Report:
Living between two fires:
villager opinions on
armed insurgency -- I. Introduction...II. Mon Rebels, and abuse:-
A. Fertile forests, for farmers and fighting...B. The Nai Chan Dein group...III. SPDC army, and abuse --
A. Abuses, since 1948...B. Abuses, since November...IV. Go to other villages and you will hear people talking like me:
villagers? opinions --
A. Support for Nai Chan Dein...B. Support contingent on criticism...C. Opposition to Nai Chan Dein...D. Opposition to all armed groups...V. Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2009-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-01-29
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News:
(1) Thai Immigration detaining
migrant workers who
survived gruesome auto
accident;
(2) Mon political prisoner
transferred from Insein to
Tharawaddy Prison;
(3) DKBA executes couple
accused of being witches;
(4) Former SPDC soldier
arrested for rape of 10-
year-old girl.....
Commentary:
Long sentences and
transfers handed out to
political prisoners part of
preparations for 2010
Elections.....
Report:
Protecting their rice
pots: an economic profile
of trade and corruption
in Three Pagodas Pass: I. Introduction; II. Background -
A. Contested territory; B. A wild west town, in decline; C. Trade routes and checkpoints...III. An economic profile"
A. Border trade -
1. Logging; 2. Minerals, gems, ivory and antiques; 3. Agricultural products and livestock; 4. Drugs; 5. Migrant labor trafficking; 6. Imports from Thailand...B. Illegal activities occurring in Three Pagodas:
1. Gambling; 2. Prostitution.....IV. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-12-22
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News:
(1) SMudon Township authorities
order local farmers to
cultivate summer rice,
again;
(2) Young men in Pegu forced
to join army, v illa gers
forced to work as unpaid
laborers;
(3) More land seized in
northern Mon State...
Commentary:
Will ASEAN or the UN
Human Rights Council do
anything in response harsh
sentencing by the SPDC?...
Report:
?I have no more left in my
hands:”
Human rights conditions in
southern Ye Township and
northern Tavoy District: I. Introduction...II. Background...III. Human rights violations in Ye and Tavoy, 2008:
A. Interrogation, assault and summary execution; B. Travel restrictions and surveillance; C. Punitive taxation, quotas and looting; D. Forced labor; IV. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-22
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News:
(1) Corruption enables illegal
logging in Karen State...
(2) Mon State authorities
accepting bribes in
exchange for motorbike
licenses...
(3) Landowners forced to
donate to Cyclone...
victims, worry about the
funds? destinations
(4) Monasteries forced to
bribe officials in ongoing
attempt to control their
land...
(5) Junta plands to extend
agricultural land...
(6) Pirated CD's can be sold if
authorities are bribed......
Commentary:
(1) Another bloody month...
(2) Broken communities: Just
what the junta wants.....
Report:
Without a choice:
Increased economic
migration from Mon State
to Thailand: I. Introduction...II. Economic factors contributing to increased economic migration:
A. Country-wide economic deterioration; B. Poor employment conditions in Mon State...III. Abuses by army and township authorities contributing to increased economic
migration: A. Travel restrictions; B. Punitive taxation; C. Forced labor; D. Land confiscation...IV. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-10-25
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NEWS:
(1) SPDC confiscating and
reselling vehicles in Mon
State...
(2) Villagers along the Ye to
Tenasserim Division road
forced to make road
repairs...
(3) Villagers in Yebyu Township
strained by the army?s
latest round of taxation.....COMMENTARY:
SPDC Creates USDA as a
Main Political Party in 2010
Elections.....REPORT:
A silenced anniversary:
one year after the Saffron
Revolution: I. Introduction...II. August and September 2007: peaceful protest, violent response:
A. Demonstrations across the country; B. Demonstrations in Mon State...III. August and September 2008: crackdowns and quiet:
A. Isolated protests; B. Countrywide crackdowns; C. The cyber offensive...IV. Protest prevention in Mon State: sentries, sweeps and checkpoints:
A. Orders from Naypyidaw; B. Travel checkpoints; C. Monitoring of public places; D. Monitoring of monasteries and religious sites; E. Monitoring of students and universities; F. Monitoring of government offices; G. Midnight ward sweeps...V. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-10-25
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News:
(1) Villagers Forced to Guard
at Night and Work by Day
at Army Base...
(2) At Least Nine Youths
Arrested After Bomb
Explosion in Telecom
Office...
(3) Army Orders Cutting Down
of Rubber Plants Near Base.....
Personal Accounts:
(1) Voices From Forgotten
Victims.....
Commentary:
Concern over NMSP
Ceasefire.....
Report:
Forced Labour Use by
Burmese Army in Mon State
from Mid-2007 to May 2008: - I. Background Information...II. Continuous Use of Forced Labour in 2007 and 2008...III. Details in Forced Labour Use:
A. Forced Labour in Bridge Construction along Motor Roads - Bridge Construction for Military Control; Forced Local Carpenters; Forced the Local Villagers, and Collection of Sand and Stone; Commandeering Trucks...B. Forced Labour for Army Business:
Timber Collection and Making Bricks...C. Forced Labour in Castor Oil Plantation...D. Forcible Conscription of Security Guards
(1) In Mudon Township ...E. Forced Recruitment Into Militia Force - Pa-an Township, Karen State...V. Conclusion/ Suggestions.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-09-07
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News:
(1) Owners were Forced to
Cut Rubber Plants;
Fund Extortion and Move
ment Restriction Con
tinued in Mon State...
(2) Residents forced to patrol
their villages...
(3) Villagers arrested on
suspicion of rebel supporters.....
Personal Accounts:
(1) Meeting with group of
young victims of torture.....
Commentary:
UN Envoys Move Wrong
Path.....
Report:
Drugs problem in Burma
and Drug Trafficking in
Mon Areas - I. Burma: Well-known for Drug Production; II. Amphetamine uses increase in Mon State; III. Amphetamines Threats to Community and Flow to Thailand; IV. Drug Suppression in the Border Areas; V. Beyond the Border: Drug Addiction in Mon Migrant Communities; A story of Wan, from Kao Wao News; Growing Drug and HIV Problem; VI. Possible Involvement of SPDC Commanders in Drug Smuggling; A story of retired Burmese Army officers in drug trafficking; VII. Slow Action: UN?s Crop Substitute Program.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-09-07
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News: (1) Mon Civil War Continues in
Southern Ye;
(2) Junta Extends Weather
Warning Sites in Mon state;
(3) Food Crisis Looms in Refugee
Camp on Thai-Burma Border;
(4) Sea Fish Avoided, Pork Price
Soars; (5) Rangoon Residents Pay for Repairing Power Infrastructure; (6) Burma Tops List In Deforestation...
Opinion:
(1) UN and international
community need to
prioritize issues in Burma...
Commentary:
SPDC?s Failure in Cyclone
Mission...
Report:
Trouble Brewing; Before,
During and After Cyclone
Nargis: The Lead-up; May 2nd, 2008; The Clean-up?; International Community vs General Than Shwe; Now.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-07-22
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News:
(1) Border town malaria rates
rise;
(2) A Mon migrant worker
shot in southern Thailand...
Commentary:
Urgent and more assistance
to Cyclone victims -
Hope...
Report:
Suppressed: Freedom of
Press in Burma: History of Restriction against Freedom of Speech; Media in Exile; Journalists Inside; Internet Use in Burma; Media Inside; Foreign Media and Nargis; Restrictions on Comedy and Music; Moving Forward?...
Special Report:
Isolated Islands and
Assistance Needs for
Nargis Victims: Cyclone Nargis and Delay and Lack of Relief Responses; Isolated Cyclone Nargis Affected Islands in Bassein District; Information Restriction in Hein-gyi Island; Self-Help in the Aftermath of Cyclone; Order to Reconstruct the Devastated Communities; Situation Update and Needs in Pyin-kha-yaing Island:
Foods, Water, Sheltering, and Relocation
Food: Access to Food: Sheltering: Relocation: Water and Sanitation:; Availability of Foods; Needs Assessment of Victims;
Food Assessment; Sheltering Assessment: School Building Assessment: Health Care
Assessment: Children Education?s Assessment: Livelihood Assessment.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-07-21
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NEWS: (1) Yes? votes stuffed by poll
station staff in Mon state
(2) Bodies floating to Mon State
(3) NMSP arrests smuggler with
amphetamines
(4) Seven residents arrested in
Referendum Chaos
(5) Pre-vote Under Control of
Mon Ceasefire Group
(6) Approximately 60 timber
vehicles pay bribes and
cross checkpoint
(7) Burmese authorities cheat
and threaten to get Yes?
vote
(8) Villagers forced to guard
pipeline as referendum
approaches...
OPINION:
The dilemma of 'No' and 'Yes'
votes for Burmese people
COMMENTARY:
Manipulation in the People?s
Referendum...
REPORT:
Referendum 2008; Burma?s
Road to a False Democracy - SPDC announce 92.4% approval for the constitution...The Constitution...Referendum Campaign ? Moving Further Away from Democracy...May 10th, 2008...Results...Conclusion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-05-23
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News:
(1) Referendum campaigns
speed up in Mon State...
(2) Illegal rice imports boom
at Three Pagodas Pass...
(3) Cease-fire groups required
to provide security
for the referendum...
(4) Classes canceled to make
room for polling stations...
(5) Water festivities marked
by referendum campaigns...
(6) MNDF says Junta desperate
to have constitution
approved...
(7) Referendum Commission
threatens to delay
elections if Constitution
rejected...
(8) Government groups
organizing villagers in Mon
State to vote ?Yes”...
(9) Hungry and Weak; Burma
Migrants Deported.......
Commentary:
Current Draft Constitution
Does Not Move to National
Reconciliation.......
Opinion & Analysis:
(1) Civil society best hope for
dignity of Burmese people...
(2) Referendum; Crisis
Continues?......
Report:
Burma?s Constitutions:
Downgrading from
Democracy to Dictatorship::: A. The 1947 and 1974 Constitutions and Demands for Democracy; B. The people?s genuine desire for democracy in Burma; C. Analysis of the Draft Constitution - The Draft Constitution is undemocratic, Military dominance in lawmaking and barriers to Constitutional Amendment, Lack of Rights for Ethnic Nationalities, Legalized coups and broad authority to crack down on demonstrations...D. Undemocratic preparation for the referendum...E. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-30
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News:
(1) Cholera Outbreak in Mon
State...
(2) SPDC tightens security in
response to anti-referendum
activism...
(3) Burmese Army troops kill
woman in Southern Ye
Township...
(4) Burmese people fearful of
banks, invest in land instead...
(5) Computer shops investigated
for copies of banned film...
(6) IDPs on Thai-Burma border
tricked into signing up for
referendum IDs..
(7) Three Pagoda border
crossing open, for the right
price...
(8) New Thai Governor targeting
Mon workers.....Commentary:
There will be no free and
fair People Referendum.....Report:
Another Cut: the SPDC
Campaign to Erase Mon
Culture: - I. Introduction... II Background...III. Attacks on Mon culture:
A. Rewriting history...B. Erasing a language...C. Hijacking museums and cultural artifacts...D. Targeting important cultural symbols.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-26
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News:
(1) Listeners arrested by
Burmese soldiers in Mon
State...
(2) Authorities collect physic
nut from people...
(3) Military scrutinizing
guests in monasteries.....
Commentary:
Welcome to Mr.Gambari
and Suggestion to UN
Mission.....
Summary Presentation:
Struggle for Survival of
Mon Literature and
Education in Monland.....
Report:
(1) Movement Restriction
and Abuses behind the
Pro-government Rallies in
Mon State: I. Crackdown on the Peaceful Protests; II. Abuses occurring behind the rallies in each Township; III. Movement Restriction in Mon State; IV. Aggressive Activities of Regime Supporters -
Near Moulmein and nearby area - Mudon Township - Kyaik-ma-yaw Township - Chaung-zone Township (Island Township) - Crackdown on dissidents in Mon state - Situation in Karen State (Kya-inn-seikyi Township) - Conclulsion
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-17
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News: Regime continues its assault
on the Mon Cultural Museum
in Moulmein...
Burmese soldiers burn
plantations to punish
suspected rebel supporters...
Burmese Army forces
villagers to relocate...
Mon National Day is
celebrated in Burma...
Tractor-trailer owners forced
to ?donate” sand to a
government golf course...
New travel restrictions
announced in Southern Ye...
Members of Mon Literature
and Culture Association
replaced by junta thugs.....
Commentary:
International organizations
can, and should, help protect
the people of Mon state.....
Report:
A two crops policy that barely
yields one: the failed Win-panon
Dam project...The dry season failures of the Win-pha-non dam...Corruption with the MAS...The rainy season failures of the Win-pha-non Dam...Farmers drowning in cycles of debt...
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2008-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-17
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News:
(1) Forced name change for
Mon Cultural Museum by
SPDC regime...
(2) Local police ban beer sale
in Mon state...
(3) International human rights
day held at Mon refugee
camp in Thailand...
(4) Burmese junta force
farmers to cultivate
summer rice...
(5) Forty villagers tortured
for their possessions...
(6) Patients required to pay
private clinics before
receiving hospital treatment...
(7) Monks require hometown
police recommendation
making passport...
(8) Burmese regime force
farmers to feed army......
Commentary:
National Reconciliation in
2008 in Burma......
Report:
Analysis of SPDC human
rights violations in 2007: I. Summary of this report...II. SPDC human rights violations in 2007 -
A. Summary of the events surrounding the September protests...B. Human rights violations committed by the SPDC during the September
protests
- Killing: Arbitrary Arrest, Detention and Imprisonment:Torture and Mistreatment: 1...C. Conscription and forced labour...Forced labor in bridge and highway construction:...Providing security for roads and bridges:...Providing security for gas pipelines:...Conscription into militia forces:....D. Movement Restrictions against Civilians and Buddhist Monks
Movement restrictions prior to the September protests:...Movement restrictions following the September protests:...E. Torture and inhumane treatment...III. Consequences of SPDC human rights violations in 2007...
A. Growth of civil society...B. Weakening of ceasefire groups like the NMSP...IV. Conclusion.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-17
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News:
(1) Corrupt police arrest
youths, seize motorcycles
in Mudon Township;
(2) Village headmen shell out
over one million Kyat to
Township authorities...
Commentary:
People wants peaceful
political dialogue...
Report:
(1) Land Confiscation and
Continuous Consequences
to Civilians in Northern
Ye Area.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-11-07
Date of entry/update:
2008-01-27
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News:
(1) Monks and University
Students sent back home
forcibly;
(2) Five arrested on suspicion
of links with organizations
in exile...
Commentary:
International Community
Must Stop Bloodshed and
Conflict in Burma;
SPDC?s misuse of the media and the role of bloggers
during peaceful demonstrations in Burma...
Personal Accounts:
Interview with a forced
labour victim from Ye
Township...
Report:
(1) The Recent Crackdowns
on Peaceful Demonstrators
in the Context of
International Criminal
Laws: I. Background of Burma?s Conflict; II. Protracted Conflict and 1988 Uprising; III. Recent September Crackdown On Cities? Streets - a. SPDC?s Intolerance on Protests; b. Human Rights Violations or Crimes - Some of the crimes in late crackdown are:
Killing; Torture and Mistreatment:Arbitrary Arrests, Detention and Imprisonment: Disappearance: IV. Comparison Between 1988 and 2007 Pro-democracy Uprisings. V. In the Context of International Criminal Laws.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-19
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News:
(1) SPDC Followers are
Convincing Pro-Government
Groups in Mon State;
(2) Villagers in Mon State are
stuck with extortion
imposed by Light Infantry
Battalion No.31;
(3) Burmese Soldiers commandeer
villagers?
motorbikes in Mon State;
(4) Police extort money from
arrested young people in
the Mon village;
(5) SPDC Followers Earn Illegal
Money with Different
Method in Mon State;
(6) Villagers in Mudon
Township are being
forced to grow castor-oil
plants...
Commentary:
International Community
Must Ensure for Democratization
in Burma...
Personal Accounts:
Meeting with newly
arrived IDP family...
Report:
Endless Abuses and the
Creation of Poverty in
Southern Mon State:- I. Summary:
This report focuses on the updated situation about the ongoing Human Rights abuses committed by the
SPDC and its armed forces, troops of Burmese Army, that creates the poverty and unsustainable life of the
rural civilians in southern Mon State. Most of the abuses which described in this report were always happening
in the rural areas under the control of this ruling SPDC. The major abuses are which covered in this report
are forced relocation, forced labour, looting, confiscation of land and properties which artificially create
poverty and hunger to population in rural areas of southern Mon State; II. Geographical analysis on Southern Mon State; III. Looting by the Burmese battalions; IV. Torture and inhumane treatment; V. On going abuses: Movement restriction and relocation; VI. Confiscation/ destruction of property/Taxation; VII. Population displacement.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-09-24
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Rice mill owners were forced to pay
for the battalions? rations; SPDC Ignores Role of International Community (Commentary); Junta embarks on fresh
round of ethnic cleansing; Continuous Use of Forced Labour by SPDC Authorities and
The Burmese Army
In Mon State and Tenasserim Division: I. Background Information; II. Continuous Use of Forced Labour in 2006 and 2007; III. Details of Forced Labour Use -
A. Forced Labour in Bridge Construction along Highways; B. Forced conscription of security guards -
(1) In Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division; (2) Forced recruitment of women and children: guarding gas-pipelines...C. Forced labour providing firewood for army?s brick kilns; D. Forced cultivation of castor-oil plants in Mon State; E. Forced recruitment into militia forces; IV. Cases and Interviews with Forced Labour Victims
Case I: Porter Service; Case II: Forced Labour and recruitment into militia forces; Case III: Forced labour for army busineses; V. Conclusion/ Suggestions.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-08-07
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University students forced to grow
physic nuts in Moulmein; ASEAN Charter and Human Rights Promotion in the Region (Commentary); Twenty one Thai phone owners
arrested in Karen State; Personal Accounts; Factors Contributing to the Rise of Labour
Migration from Southern Burma: I. ANALYSIS ON THE RISE OF LABOUR MIGRATION; II. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; III. THE FACTORS BEHIND THE RISE OF LABOUR MIGRATION -
A. CONSCRIPTION OF FORCED LABOUR; B. ARBITRARY ARREST, TORTURE AND KILLING -
INHUMANE TORTURE AND ARREST; KILLING OR SUMMARY EXECUTION; C. FORCED RELOCATION AND MOVEMENT RESTRICTION; D. LAND CONFISCATION.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-08-07
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Six hundred villagers forced to work for a
week to welcome Lt. Gen Maung Bo; ILO Should Extend its Monitoring Space on Forced Labour Issue
in Burma (Commentary); People forced to grow
Castor physic nuts;
Junta collects money and
confiscates farms for
development project;
Mon state authority
round up unlicensed cars
again;
Burmese Army strengthens
militia by forcibly
training locals;
Women and elders
forcedto guard gas
pipeline.....Report: Economic Deterioration and Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights in Burma: I Introduction... II. Burma?s International Obligations... III. Current Political Situation and Economic Policy in Burma:
A. Corruption / Taxation; B. Inflation; C. Economic Sanctions; D. Burma?s Over-Valued Currency; E. Poor Health Care in Rural Areas; F. Unemployment, Migration and Internally Displaced Persons...IV. Burmese IDPs in Limbo...V. Humanitarian Aid and Healthcare...VI. Lack of Social Welfare and Education:
A. For rural school children in Burma , an uncertain future; B. Falling Education Rates...News: Five Mon Civil Organizations Denied New Work Registration.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-06-18
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Authorities force Buddhist teachings in
Burmese instead of Mon; Ensure SPDC?s Political Will in Prohibiting Forced
Labour (Commentary); Burma Army Major goes on the
rampage with gun in Ye Township; Gas pipeline blast burns rubber plantation; Villagers Paid Taxes to work in Thailand; SPDC Development Bridges Project and
Civilian Labor Conditions:-
I. Introduction:
Forced Labor Convention and Government Development Projects in Burma; II. Background of Ye Town- ship and Impact of Forced Labor on Civilians; III. Army?s Use of Forced Labor on Bridge Constructions; A. Sand and Stone; B. Timber Collection and Making Bricks; C. Cement; D. Commandeering Trucks; IV. Advantage and Disadvantage.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-05-18
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Owners pay huge amounts to get back seized
motor cycles; How Taxation Makes the People Poor; Burmese soldier shoots at boy
for motor cycle; Arbitrary and Illegal Taxation Practices
in Burma: I. Introduction; II. Different Taxation -
A. Working Abroad Tax; B. Taxes Collected by the Army - Case 1: Paddy Tax; Case 2: Gambling Tax; Case 3: Tax on Public Gatherings; Case 4: Security Tax; Case 5: Militia Training Tax... C. Family List Tax...D. Check Point Taxation - Case 1: Border Crossing Tax; Case: 2 Village Restrictions...E. Taxes in Lieu of Forced Labor...F. Tax on Gas-pipeline...G. Castor Oil Tree Taxes...H. Orchard Tax...V. Bribery...APPENDIX:
Government Legal tax on Foreign Investment and
Overseas Workers - Taxation: (i) Personal income tax; (ii) Business taxes; (iii) Capital gains tax.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-05-04
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Ongoing forced labor usage on SPDC?s
development projects in Southern Mon State
(Khaw-Zar Sub Township, Southern Ye Township); Role of ICRC in Protection of Civilian Population in Burma; Women forced to patrol the village in Southern Ye
Township (Southern Ye Township, Mon State); Local residents forced to provide timber to army brick
factory; Government?s commandeering of private motor vehicles
in Ye Township; The Burmese Army forced villagers including women to
work in battalion?s summer paddy farms; Health Care Crisis Facing Displaced Mon (SPDC and Health Care in Burma, Lack of Medicines in Border Clinics and Disease Control, Civil War and Ramifications for Health Care, Where People Find Health Care, Livelihoods in the Border Camps, Affects on Healthcare, Health Care and Education).
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2007-03-20
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Development Project Employed 140
villagers in Forced Labor;SPDC Should Admit There Is Humanitarian Crisis; Artillery battalion collects tax on
rubber plant; Battalions plant summer paddy
using farmer?s equipment; SPDC?s Major and Minor Development Projects
and the Impact on Mon Civilians: I. Deteriorated Burmese Economy and Suffering of the People; II. Government Initiatives on Major Projects in Mon State; III. SPDC Projects? Confiscation of Mon Properties -
A. Primary Livelihood of Mon People; B. Development Projects and Displacement; IV. SPDC?s Minor Self-reliance Related Projects -
A. Brick Making Project; B. Dam Projects; C. Bridge Projects; V. A Bad Result: Influx of Migrant Workers.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2007-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-03-12
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Serious Human Rights violation persist in
Southern Ye Township; NMSP Ceasefire is Unstable; Land confiscation keeps on in
Sothern Ye Township; Urgent Release
By the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) ? Burma
On
Massive Arbitrary Arrest and Torturing in Southern
Part of Ye Township; Militia troops on the rise -
A new strategy to rip off the local inhabitants in Southern Burma: The updated Situation; The Act of Compulsory Military Service and People?s Militia Force; Recruitment and villagers? supports to militiamen; People?s Militia Force: Another Name for an Anti-Demonstration force; The Structure of People?s Militia Force?; The distress of the local inhabitants; The recruitment of People?s Militia Force by Local Military Battalions; Plight of Villagers Under Forced Recruitment for the Militia:
Ye Township; Mudon Township.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-11-30
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2007-01-24
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Burmese battalion continues to torture
southern Mon people; SPDC?s Militarization Policy and Impact on Mon People; Burmese Army confiscates land,
farmers pay to work it; Two Crops Causes Debt Cycle
For Farmers; Paddy Prices Soar... Growing Use of Forced Labor and Illegal Taxation In Ye Township.
I. Background...II. SPDC Taxation Strategy and Forced Labor... III. Problems with Current Growing Forced
Labor and Taxes; Taxation:
A. Travel Document Tax; B. Orchard Tax; Map of Southern Ye Township and Easten Ye, Mon State; Forced Labour:
A. Forced Recruitment For Militia Training; B. Forced Guarding of Villages; C. Forced Cultivation of Physic Nut Trees; D. Road Construction...IV. Forced Labor in Ethnic Areas and Livelihoods.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-12-31
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2007-01-24
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Villagers forced to train as militia for
the protection of the country; Replacing headmen can?t make Burma
into a democracy; Village Man Beaten To Death
after Domestic Incident; Villagers suffer between the
military and the rebels; Land confiscation persevere in
Mudon Township; New Land confiscation in Wae-
Ka-Lee village, Thanbyuzayat; Personall accounts of human rights violations; A failed Development Projcet.
Win-pha-non Dam, Mon State: Farming problems created by flooding from the Winpha-
non Dam; How different land levels are problematic for growing
paddy; Government Corruption; Government Threats; Government Impediments to Increased Rice Production; How the Dam creates debt for farmers; The value of land destroyed.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-10-31
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2006-11-22
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Beggars increase in Mon State due to
economic crisis; SPDC should uphold ethnic literature and culture
rights; Local villagers tortured by Infantry
Battalion No. 31; Land Confiscation for SPDC?s Army Fund
In Mudon Township, Mon State
Organized Land Confiscation: A serious threat to civilians in Mon State: Overview of the Relation: Land Confiscation and Army?s Self-reliance Program; Land Confiscation, Indigenous Rights and National and International Law; Land Confiscation and the NMSP; Cases of Land Confiscation: Land Confiscation by LIB No. 209; Land Confiscation by Artillery Regiment No. 318.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-09-30
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2006-10-19
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Hundreds of villagers still flee from their
homes; The real intention of troops of Burmese army;Burmese Army burns down 3
Mon villages; 5 million Kyat per month payment for
gas-pipeline security fee; Knowing the reasons of population displacement; No Protection to Innocent Civilians and
Population Displacement; I. Background of Ye Township and Yebyu Township; II. Gross Human Rights Violations and Reason of Population Displacement; Villages and Population Effected by the Offensives and Human
Rights Violations Committed by Burmese Army (list of villages and estimates of numbers of households/people displaced); Illegal Taxation: III. Other human rights
violations related to displacement: A. Gas pipeline security soldiers use villagers in forced porter service; B. Taxation
on the Betal-nut Fruits and Movement Restriction; C. Forced labour for government and army buildings; IV. Population Displacement.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-01-31
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2006-09-21
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The local villagers? payment for gas pipeline
security; Call for ASEAN?s responsibilities for Democratization
in Burma; Civilians? Houses in Ye and Yebyu
Townships Are Burnt Down; SPDC?s National Convention: Silencing down the ceasefire groups?
voices; History of conflict; Role of ceasefire groups in the NC; Arbitrary arrests and detention of Shan leaders; Tensions between SPDC and NMSP; Current situation of
ceasefire groups the
NC
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-21
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Confiscated land owners are allowed to collect rubber
latex with tax payment; A dangerous political tension and protracted civil war in Shan State; A Burmese soldier killed a pregnant
woman; Past and Present Suffering of Civilians in Yebyu Township
Under the Name of Security to Gas Pipelines: I. Background of Yebyu Township; II. Important location for SPDC; III. Gross Human Rights Violations
A. House Burnt and Forced Dislocation; B. Sexual violations against women; C. Forced labour in Porter Service; D. Looting and Taxation; IV. Result: Population Displacement
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-03-31
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2006-09-21
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Closing Ceremony of Mon Literacy Training
Holds in Mudon Township; Dangerous Political Pressure to Ethnic Nationalities; Widespread Water Shortage
Problems in Lower Burma; Multi-national investments, human rights violations and delay of democratic transition in Burma
(Human Rights Foundation of Monland)
Foreign Investment and Injection to the Military Regime; Unprecedented Human Rights Violations; SPDC: Strengthening Power with Dollars; USDA: The Organization Strengthening the Military
Rule in Burma (Myanmar); I. Introduction: II. USDA, an Elite in the Community; III. USDA?s Political Agendas ? A Future Winner in Elections; IV. USDA Current Activities Restricting the Civil Society
USDA against Mon Literature Protection; USDA is formed as Intelligence Team; V. USDA: As Paramilitary Force; VI. USDA?s Involvement in Human Rights Violations;
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-04-30
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2006-09-21
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Continuous Rice Extortion for Burmese Army; No Sign of Political Improvement; The Civil Society Organizations in Mon Areas
Under the Limited Space
I. Ceasefire and Growth of Civil Society or CBOs in Mon State; II. The community organizations came into existence; III. The CBOs? Activities, Challenges and Restriction by the Authorities6
1. Mon Literature and Buddhist Culture Association (MLBCA): Challenges: Restriction by the Authorities: 2. Artists and Traditional Mon Dancing Performance Groups: Challenges: Restriction by the Authorities: 3. Mon National Day (MND) Celebrating Committees: Challenges: Restriction from the authorities: IV. Suggestions to INGOs/ Local NGOs for Coordination with CBOs.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-05-31
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2006-09-21
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A Mon Civil Society Leader was Arrested -
Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State; SPDC Finds Tactic to Block Openness; CATWALK TO THE BARRACKS
Conscription of women for sexual slavery and other practices of sexual violence
by troops of the Burmese military regime in Mon areas
Report of Woman and Child Rights Project (Southern Burma)
In collaboration with Human Rights Foundation of Monland (Burma)
Press Release
July 18, 2005
Systemic sexual violence on show in southern Burma...High Drop-out Rate in Government?s Schools and SPDC?s
Oppression against Mon National Schools
I. Burma?s Education in Less Progress; II. Drop-out Rate in High
A. Statistics; B. High Educational Cost; C. Heart Beating? to Parents; D. The high entrance costs; III. Oppression against the Mon teachers, schools and education in 2005
A. Ceasefire Agreement and Discussion on Education Program; B. SPDC?s Attempts to Close Down Mon National Education
CASE I
Mon National Schools moved by SPDC, July 20, 2005; CASE II
USDA10 against Mon Literature Protection; CASE III
Close Down Mon National Schools in Ye Township; CASE IV
Mon National School is not permitted for repairs.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-07-31
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2006-09-20
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Security Beefs Up in Mon State and Illegal
Tax from Civilians; Criminal Responsibility for Human Rights Violations; Commander Interrupts in
Judicial Power of the Courts; Terror Continues in Ye Township
I. Background of Ye Township, Mon State; II. Recent Conflict and Offensives by the Burmese Army; III. Gross Human Rights Violation
A. Killing or Summary Execution; B. Inhumane Torture; C. Rape or Sexual Violations against Women; D. Forced Labour and Porter Service
I. Forced Porter Service; E. Movement Restriction
I. Villagers? farm work restricted in Ye Township.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-08-31
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2006-09-20
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Forced cultivation of castor-oil plants in
Mon State; Burma?s Serious Intentions? Towards Political Reform; Land Confiscation in Ye township,
Mon State; Local inhabitants including
women and children were
forced to guard Gas Pipeline; Health Crisis for Internally Displaced Persons?
and Civilians in Mon Territory; Health Care and the SPDC; The Current Health Situation in the Ceasefire areas; Civil War and NMSP Peace Agreements; Human Rights Violations and IDPs in Mon Ceasefire Areas; How People Get Health Care without MSF; Livelihood In The Ceasefire Areas; Background to Health Care in the Different Areas of Mon State; Health Care and Education; Burmese battalion using civilians? farm lands for army?s business.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-08-31
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2006-09-20
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Terrible prison condition and death of
a Mon political prisoner; Ethnic Nationalities are ready to solve the political problems; More restriction to the civilians? movement; Human Rights Violations Effects to
Civilians in Yebyu Township:
I. Background of Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division; II. How the effects by multinational investment; III. Armed conflict and Gross Human Rights Violations; VI. Gross Human rights violation
A. Villagers forced to attend military training; B. Destruction and Burnt of Civilians? Houses; C. Banning Mon Schools and Mon Education system; E. New Rule for Rubber Export; F. Forced Labour; Security for Yatana Gas Pipeline.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-09-30
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2006-09-20
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Conscription of Forced Labour along With
Offensives
(January 2003, Southern Ye Township, Mon State); SPDC?s Ruthless Way of Winning War; Mon State?s Farmers Demand for
Farmers Right; Urgent Release
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
January 15, 2004
Serious Human Rights Violations: Crimes Against Humanity!
Murder, Rape, Forced Relocations
in Ye Township, Mon State, Burma (Myanmar); Terror in Southern Part of Ye Township ? Part I:
Summary Killing, Torture, Arbitrary Arrests and Detention
I. Background of Ye Township; Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights
Principles
(Accordingly in this Report); II. Late 2003 Offensives and Suffering of the Civilians; III. Accounts of Killing, Torture, Arbitrary Arrests and Detention; A. Killing; B. Torture: Villages and Population Effected by the Offensives
And Human Rights Violations Committed by Burmese Army; C. Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions;
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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Inhumane or Degrading Treatments against
Civilians Continue
(February 2004, Southern Ye Township, Mon State); What the MNWCWA Can Do for the Women in Southern Part
of Ye Township; Terror in Southern Part of Ye Township ? Part II
I. Imposing Great Fear? Among the Civilian; II. Sexual Violations Against Women; A. Sexual Harassment against Women
?Fashion & Beauty Show” arranged by Burmese Army?s local commanders; Rotation of Women?s Labour and Entertainment; B. Sexual Violations or Rapes; Rape Cases:...III. Forced Relocation and Dislocation; IV. No Protection to Innocent Civilians; Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights Principles
(Accordingly in this Report).
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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Mon National Conference condemned to SPDC for
human rights violations? in Mon areas; Political Development and Human Rights Issue; Eviction by Salween Bridge (Moulmein) Project and
Rangoon-Moulmein Railway Project in Mon State
I. Background of forced relocation and eviction in southern Burma; II. Location Bridge and Railway and a Major Eviction;
III. Eviction of Houses and City Residents; IV. Setting Up Satellite Town; V. Compensation Process; VI. Urban Population Displacement; VII. SPDC?s Victory; VIII. The suffering of the
people.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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SPDC planned to confiscate another 1700 acres of land; SPDC?s National Convention and Human Rights Issue; Logging, Gas Pipeline and Impacts to the Mon People:
I. The Exploitation of Natural Resource; II. Logging Business in Three Pagoda Pass border town:
Logging and furniture making industries in Three Pagoda Pass
Yearly wood production and transportation; Taxation; Price of wood; Who is it beneficial to and who is suffer from the revenge of the nature?; III. Logging in Mon State and Tenasserim Division, southern Burma:
A. Forced logging for new battalion in Thanbyuzayat Area; B. Logging by DKBA in Ye Township; C. Logging by DKBA, KPF and other ceasefire groups in Yebyu, Tenasserim Division; IV. Impacts from the Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipelines:
A. Demand of building materials; B. Security for gas pipeline in Tenasserim Division; C. Forced women for the security of gas pipeline; D. Impact to Agriculture; E. Restriction movements near pipeline area.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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Forced Relocation of 300 houses in northern
part of Ye Township; SPDC?s War Against Ethnic Children?s Right
to Education; Forced labour along Kanbauk-Myaingkalay Gas Pipeline; Constant threat against Mon National Education and
Schools by SPDC in Southern Burma:
I. Civilization of Mon people and the maintenance of the Mon language and literature; II. The initiative of Mon Education System; III. General Situation of Mon National Schools
A. Curriculum in Mon National Schools; B. Teacher Recruitment and Upgrading Training; IV. Root cause of threat to Mon schools by the regime: Competition and weakness of
government schools
A. The entrance fee in government schools; B. Extra time fee and salary in government?s schools; V. Increase of Competition between Mon and Government Schools; VI. Oppression against Mon National Schools and activists in southern part of Ye
Township; Case 1, Forced to stop teaching the Mon national schools
January - April 2004; Case 2: New Burmese Army?s commander still tried to convert Mon schools under the regime control
May 2004; Case 3: Another attempt to close down Mon schools in northern part of Ye Township, May 2004; Case 4: Establishment of government schools and creation of competition, July 2004; Case 5: Forced changing of Mon schools? signboard to government?s schools, July 2004
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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Forced demand of building materials for Kanbauk-
Myaingkalay gas pipeline; Demand of more trainees for military
training in Mon State; The Plight of Civilians in Tenasserim Division Due to Armed
Conflict and Militarization in the Area
I. Continual Conflict in Tenasserim Division; II. Killing and Disappearance; III. Looting, and the related abuses in villages; IV. Forced Labor; V. Farmers? Suffering; VI. Land Confiscation; VII. Militarization in Tenasserim Division; A. Long-lone Township: B. Tavoy Township: C. Yebyu Township; Training by LIB No. 282: Training by LIB No. 408 and LIB No. 109: VIII. Population displacement.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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Printing of books in Mon Language are
barred; SPDC?s Political Plan and Denial of People Participation; Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas
pipeline exploded
October 17, 2003, Mudon Township, Mon State; Executive Summary of ?No Land To Farm” Report; Human Rights Violations, Militarization and Labour
Migration from Southern Burma
I. The deep analysis on population migrantion; II. Human rights abuses that creates migration
A. Illegal Taxation; B. Constant Conscription of Forced Labour; C. Looting crops and paddy tax; D. Land and properties confiscation; III. Militarization and its effects
A.Forced recruits for military training; B.Increase of porter service; C. Escapees from Burmese Army; IV. Situation in Thailand;
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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The regime?s new plan to re-buy paddy at low
price from farmers; How the SPDC?s treatment to farmers?; Further reduction of compensation
for the confiscated lands; Disastrous flame burnt down 280 houses in southern Ye Township,but no relief
program arranged; Lawlessness in Rural Areas
in Southern Burma; Stealing and Looting by the Burmese Army;
Setting gambling dens by the authorities; Corruption in all levels.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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1400 houses are relocated in Rangoon-Moulmein
railway project; Terror in Ye and Yebyu Township, Southern Burma; Militarization policy and human rights violations in northern
part of Tenasserim Division
SPDC?s militarization policy and armed conflict in Tenasserim Division; The Command of Burmese Army; Compulsory military training and forced labour; Gross Human Rights Violations:
I. Summary Execution; II. Kidnapping and Torture; 3. Sexual Assaults against Women; 4. Looting and Extortion; 5. Movement restriction.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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Formation of Militia Force in the Conflict
Zone of Southern Ye Township; Unceasingly Human Rights Violation
Does Not Proceed for National Reconciliation; Personal Accounts:
The Forgotten Mon Refugees; Migration for Survival:
Understanding Migrant Workers from Burma; II. Reasons of Migration
A. Unemployment and Low-wage in Burma; B. Violations of the Rights of Economics; IV. The Condition of Migrant Workers in Thailand; V. Conclusion on the Rights to Migrant Workers and Their Families.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2006-09-02
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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Mon National Schools are threatened to Close Down
by Burmese Army; The Relation between 'Rule of Law' and
Protection of Human Rights... Lesson from the Mon Refugee (Involuntary) Repatriation:-
I. Political Background or the Root Cause of Mon Refugees; II. Mon Refugee Camps in Thailand; III. Refugees as pawns in political game; IV. On a 'half-way' repatriation of Mon refugees; V. Continuous Population Displacement outside Ceasefire Zones; VI. The situation of the returned Mon refugees and IDPs after 2000: 1. The assistance from aid agencies; 2. Livelihood; 3. Security.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-09
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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USDA's Forced Registration and Preparation
for Future Election; SPDC's National Convention and Plan to Hold on Power; The Plight of a Child Soldier...Role of ILO in Elimination of Forced Labour in Burma:-
I. ILO's Involvement in Burma for Protection of Labour Rights; II. Important Role of ILO Office and Labour Rights Defenders; III. Escalated Tension Between ILO and SPDC in 2005; IV Continuous Use of Forced Labour in Mon State: A. Past Use of Forced Labour; B. Regular Use of Forced Labour; C. Forced Labour in 2005; V. Necessary for Presence of ILO.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-09
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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Mon teachers are under pressure to
stop teaching Mon language; Security and Movement Restriction by SPDC; In-depth Analysis on SPDC-Supporting Organizations
USDA and PSO: - I. SPDC's Plan to Grip in Power...II. USDA Activities: A. USDA's preparation to recruit new members; B. Train USDA as Future Government; C. USDA's Forced Registration Process; D. USDA members as secret intelligence team; E. Official Supports by SPDC for USDA's Activities...III. People's Strength Organization
A. People's Strength Organization's (PSO) Training Programs; B. Analysis on PSO.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-09
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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Women are forced to build embankments; The people in Mon State and Karen State found human
rights defenders; Land Confiscation in Kawkareik
Township, Karen State... The Plight of Farmers in Mon State:-
I. Background of Mon State and the situation of the farmers: The Suffering of Farmers:
2002-2003 Paddy-buying period, flood and labour cost; Examples of farmers in Chaung-zone township; USDA involved in buying paddy; Conscription of Forced Labour to Farmers:
Forced labour in road construction; Using the local farmers to guard the gas pipeline; Fored labour for Authorities or Army... Inhumane treatment to farmers: Case I: Serious abuse to an old farmer by a drunk local police member; Case II: A drunk Burmese Military Captain tortured on 2 local farmers... Restriction against farmers living in conflict areas...Farmers' Campaigns...Expecting the New Rice Trading Policy.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-09
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English
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More displaced persons escaped from their
native homes; Slavery to Militarization in Burma; More porters died stepping on
land-mines; Militarization in Mon Area and the Suffering
of the People: -
I. Background of Militarization... II. Militarization after May 30 Killing Incident. Case I: Military Training School in Ye Township and Escapees; Case II: SPDC formed "People Vigorous Association" with their supporters; Case III: Government servants are forced to attend military training schools...III. Use of Trainees after Training: - The detail formation and the inclusion of the trainees are as below: 1. Anti-Strike Group; 2. People Defense Force; 3. People Vigorous Association; 4. Paramilitary Force...IV. The suffering of the civilians.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2003-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-09
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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Local authority bans Mon National Day signboards; SPDC Restriction against Mon National Day; Environment and National Resource Issues In Mon Areas:- Background of Mon people, Natural Resources and Environment; Extraction of National Resources during SLORC Era; Current Situation Related to National Resources and Environment:
I. Land confiscation by Burmese Army; II. Kanbauk-Myaingkalay Gas Pipeline; III. Displaced communities and slash and burnt cultivation method...Actions: Reporting and advocacy; Impact assessment on Salween Dam; Environmental education; Property rights' campaign...Exploitation of Natural Resources and the suffering of
civilians in the Southern Burma:
I. The Exploitation of Natural Resource; II. The Summary of the Effects of the Regime's Gas pipelines: A. From Yatana Gas Pipeline; LIB/IB No. Locations; B. From Kanbauk-Myaingkalav Gas Pipeline...III. Providing forced security, unpaid labor and taxation in gas pipeline areas: Security for Yatana Gas Pipeline; Porter Service by Gas Pipeline Security Troops...IV. Impact to Environment: Gas Leaks in Mon Area...V. Logging in Mon State and Tenasserim Division:
A. Logging on the rise in Mon area; B. Troops earn money by making charcoal; C. Logging by a pro-SPDC armed group in the Mon area.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2006-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-08
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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The Mon Political Prisoner in Depression; SPDC's Refusal for National
Reconciliation Process; Militarization and Continuous Suffering of
Civilians in Mon Areas:
Enforcement of Militarization Policy; Militarization after May 30 Killing Incident; The suffering of the civilians:
A. Compulsory military training and forced labour; Land and properties confiscation by effect of Militarization;
SPDC'S land confiscation for Army Village; Farmers lose land to Military Camps; Army auctioned seized plantations; Movement Restriction -
Villagers' farm work restricted in Ye Township...SPDC's restriction against the Mon education rights:
A Mon Middle Level School under Pressure to Relocate.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2005-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2006-07-08
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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News:
(1) The pressure to Mon
National Schools intensified;
(2) 8 New Mon State Party are
arrested without a trial...Commentary: "Human Rights and Justice for Future Burma"...
Report:
(1) Continuous Conscription
of Forced Labour in Mon
Areas.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foiundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
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Individual Documents
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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News:
(1) No compensation for the
houses burnt by gas
explosion...Commentary"
SPDC tries to consolidate its power in
ethnic areas...
Report:
(1) Gross Human Rights
Violations in Ye Township,
Southern Part of Mon
State
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundatin of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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News:
(1) Land-mine victim could
not receive treatment in
Burma's hospital;
(2) Forced labour in police
force deployment by
Burmese Army...Commentary:
Change in Regime Makes No Change for Burma...
Media Release:
Burma's Military Junta
Wages War of Human
Rights Violation in Mon
State, Burma...
Report:
(1) SPDC's Tensions against
Mon Political Parties and
systematic persecution
against Mon activists
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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News:
(1) Mon National School is not
permitted for repairs;
(2) Burmese Army's way of
recruitment:
4000 Kyat salary per
month plus bonus...Commentary
Current regime's Focus: Non-Engagement to
International Community...
Report:
Land Confiscation by
SPDC and Burmese Army
in Mon Areas in 2004.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2004-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
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"The Mon Forum" (English)
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English
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