"The Mon Forum" (English) No. 2/2018 (June 2018)

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Mon students in need of educational support foruniversity study.....Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drug.....NEWS: Following pressure from villagers, Mon State government U- turn on their decision to dismiss village administrator...Mon students in need of educational support for university study...Mon Political Dialogue urges the military and the ethnic armed groups to cooperate in eliminating drugs...Locals worry about damage to their plantations as Mon State government gives green light to treasure hunters...Mon Youth and Drug Forum Releases 6-Point Plan to Combat Drug Use AmongTeens...Disagreement over Representation Preventing NMSP from Joining Mon State Ceasefire Monitoring Committee...Local farmers upset with lack of compensation for land use in electricity project...Locals call for the shutdown of antimony factories in Mon State if the government fails to control the factories? air pollution...Witness to police torture case beaten and threatened by police in Paung Township...Defense Security Agency continues tosurveil civilians...Parents struggling to pay for extra classes needed to graduate...Farmers suffer as electricity companies fight it out for power market...Family learns of daughter?s rape by monk over social media...Villager tortured by police refuses hush money; files lawsuit against police...Second case of child rape in a month in Ye township ...Mon Women?s Network to promote women?s voice during national political dialogue.....HURFOM STATEMENT: HURFOM statement: Without ending torture, implementing transitional justice, there can be no chance of national reconciliation...

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Human Rights Foundation of Monland - Burma (HURFOM)

Date of Publication: 

2018-06-26

Date of entry: 

2018-09-27

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English

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1.34 MB