Burma Link | February 29, 2016 “We have to work with the voice of the people,” Nai Aue Mon tells me in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand, as we discuss the recent rise of land confiscation and land disputes in the Mon [...]
Update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | February 21, 2016 On February 14 to 15, participants from 20 organisations attended a “Farmers and Land Users” seminar, organised by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) in [...]
Burma Link | February 7, 2016 Villagers in Halockhani, a Mon internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, held an opening ceremony for a new hospital on January 26, 2016. The hospital was built by a Swedish group [...]
Media release by the Mon Human Rights Foundation (HURFOM) | December 1, 2015 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases ‘Burma 2015: Ballot Denied’, a report focussing on November’s national elections in Burma. Download full report in [...]
Statement by 22 Mon organisations | October 12, 2015 We, Mon communities in overseas, strongly support the New Mon State Party (NMSP) on its all-inclusive policy in signing the Nationwide Cease-fire Agreement (NCA). On September 25, 2015, U Aung [...]
Burma Link | July 14, 2015 Only a few months ago, the clinic in Halockhani, a Mon internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, was collapsing. Anyone walking through the worn out building would have to watch out [...]
These images are from Halockhani internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, adjacent to Sangkhlaburi in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province. There are over 1,000 villagers in Halockhani, according to the village chief Nai Chit Toe. The village is located only one kilometer from the Thai border […]
This article was originally published on The Irrawaddy on January 20, 2015 Ariana Zarleen, January 20, 2015 SANGKHLABURI, Thailand — Nestled between lush green mountain tops and surrounded by spectacular scenery, Halockhani has been a home for thousands of [...]
This is a collection of images from around Karen and Mon States in eastern Burma. These images are mainly from the government controlled areas around the states, including Myawaddi, Hpa-An, Moulmein, and Kyaik Htee Yoe. [...]
Nang Mya Nadi / Democratic Voice of Burma, August 22, 2013 The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says armed revolution will continue until self-determination is achieved. Speaking on the occasion of the 66th Mon Revolution Day on Wednesday, Maj [...]
