Summary Overview and Analysis 

As 2024 ends, documentation by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) indicates an ongoing deterioration of human rights in Burma.

In the target areas of Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, civilians continue to face a barrage of threats to their safety and well-being, including indiscriminate firing, where women, children, and the elderly are among those who have been killed and wounded.

Arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, landmines, gender violence and destruction of properties are among the many crimes perpetrated by the military with impunity.

Throughout the year, HURFOM released a series of reports spotlighting various areas of concern, including the impacts of the junta’s deeply flawed forced conscription enforcement, the gendered implications of the conflict through the Voice Up series as well as weekly and monthly updates that provided context on the alarming erosion of human rights in HURFOM areas.

The situation over the last 12 months has not improved. In the final monthly update of the year, HURFOM found an alarming increase in rights violations.

The junta has scaled up its attacks and deployed new methods of terror, including drone attacks. Highly sophisticated weaponry, sourced from countries such as China and India, is being used against innocent civilians in their homes, villages, schools and clinics.

In addition, as the junta loses bases and control on the ground, airstrikes are taking place at an average of at least seven per day. Terror and fear have overwhelmed communities that continue to show unwavering courage in the face of unspeakable violence.

The international community has delayed a response to the crises in Burma that is urgent and coordinated to ensure an effective and immediate end to the junta’s dictatorship.

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