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Description: "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..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2019-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-19
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Description: "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..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2019-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-06
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Description: ?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)
2018-09-17
Date of entry/update: 2018-10-17
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Description: 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...
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2018-06-26
Date of entry/update: 2018-09-27
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Description: 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...
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2016-06-06
Date of entry/update: 2018-08-25
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Description: 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.
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2016-12-14
Date of entry/update: 2018-08-25
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Description: 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...
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)
2015-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-19
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Description: 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..."
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
2013-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2013-02-05
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Description: 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: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
2012-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-08-31
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Description: 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: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
2012-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-06-12
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Description: 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)
2012-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-03-20
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Description: 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)
2011-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2011-10-31
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Description: 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)
2011-08-11
Date of entry/update: 2011-09-12
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Description: 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: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
2011-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2011-06-21
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Description: 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: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
2011-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2011-05-24
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Description: 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)
2011-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2011-04-18
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Description: Contents: 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)
2011-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2011-03-18
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Description: 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)
2011-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2011-02-09
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Description: 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)
2010-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2011-01-22
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Description: 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)
2010-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-03
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Description: 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)
2010-11-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-03
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Description: 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)
2010-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-06
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Description: 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)
2010-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-05
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Description: 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)
2010-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2010-08-04
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Description: 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)
2010-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2010-07-05
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Description: 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)
2010-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2010-05-27
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Description: 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 areas� 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)
2010-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-05-04
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Description: News: (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)
2010-02-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-27
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Description: 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)
2010-03-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-27
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Description: 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)
2010-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-26
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Description: 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)
2009-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-26
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Description: 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)
2009-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2009-12-01
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Description: 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)
2009-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2009-11-21
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Description: 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)
2009-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2009-10-03
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Description: 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)
2009-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2009-09-08
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Description: 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)
2009-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2009-07-31
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Description: 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)
2009-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2009-06-26
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Description: 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)
2009-05-31
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Description: News: (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)
2009-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2009-04-23
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Description: 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)
2009-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2009-03-30
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Description: 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)
2009-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2009-02-26
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Description: 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)
2009-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-29
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Description: 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)
2008-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-12-22
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Description: 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)
2008-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-22
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Description: 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)
2008-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2008-10-25
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Description: 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)
2008-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-10-25
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Description: 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)
2008-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-09-07
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Description: 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)
2008-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-09-07
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Description: 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)
2008-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-07-22
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Description: 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)
2008-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2008-07-21
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Description: 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)
2008-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2008-05-23
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Description: 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)
2008-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-04-30
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Description: 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)
2008-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2008-03-26
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Description: 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)
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-03-17
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Description: 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)
2008-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-03-17
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Description: 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)
2007-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2008-03-17
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Description: 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)
2007-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2008-01-27
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Description: 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)
2007-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-10-19
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Description: 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)
2007-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-09-24
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Description: 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)
2007-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-08-07
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Description: 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)
2007-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-08-07
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Description: 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)
2007-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-06-18
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Description: 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)
2007-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-18
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Description: 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)
2007-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-04
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Description: 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)
2007-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2007-03-20
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Description: 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)
2007-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-03-12
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Description: 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)
2006-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-01-24
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Description: 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)
2006-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-01-24
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Description: 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)
2006-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-11-22
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Description: 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)
2006-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-10-19
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Description: 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)
2005-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-21
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Description: 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)
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-21
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Description: 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)
2005-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-21
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Description: 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)
2005-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-21
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Description: 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)
2005-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-21
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Description: 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)
2005-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-20
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Description: 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)
2005-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-20
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Description: 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)
2006-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-20
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Description: 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)
2005-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-20
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Description: 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)
2004-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Description: 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)
2004-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2003-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2003-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Description: 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)
2003-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2003-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2006-09-02
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-09
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2005-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-09
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Description: 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)
2005-11-00
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-09
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Description: 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)
2003-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-09
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Description: 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)
2003-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-09
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Description: 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)
2006-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-08
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Description: 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)
2005-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2006-07-08
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Language: English
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Description: 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)
2004-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Description: 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)
2004-09-30
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Description: 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)
2004-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Description: 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)
2004-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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