KHRG is a locally led grassroots human rights organisation, established in 1992 and operating across locally defined Karen State (Southeast Burma/Myanmar)

Myanmar
Joined February 2009
Kler Lwee Htoo District – Shelling and Death On July 25, 2025, from 1 pm to 2 pm, the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB) #264 fired seven rounds of 120 mm mortar shells into civilian areas in Kler Lwee Htoo District. The first three rounds of mortar shells landed in a village in Htaw Lu Hkoh village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. On the same day, at around 1:40 pm, the same SAC troop conducted another two rounds of shelling which landed in a village in Kway Koh village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. One of the shells landed in the kitchen area of a villager's house and killed a 56-year-old villager on the spot. The house was also destroyed by the explosion. Shortly after, another three rounds of mortar shells were fired by the same troop, and they landed outside of the village with no casualties reported. Date – July 25, 2025 Location – Htaw Lu Hkoh village tract, Ler Doh Township and Kway Koh village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District Photo - a local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Taw Oo District – Fighting, House Fire and Displacement On July 4, 2025, an undefined unit of the SAC comprising over 150 soldiers approached a civilian area in Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpa Hkoh Township, Taw Oo district. On July 5, 2025, early in the morning, a fight happened between the SAC soldiers and the PDF troops near a village in Way Htoo village tract. After the fighting, at around 10 am, the SAC soldiers entered the nearby village and set fire to 39 houses. Some of the houses were burned to the ground. Two motorbikes were also burned in the incident. According to a villager, the SAC soldiers tried to burn a total of 43 houses, and only 4 houses remained unburned. A villager also said that many villagers were gathering in the village for a funeral service. Due to the fighting, the villagers were scared and fled to other places for their security. None of them dared to go back to their village, and some of them lost their homes from the burning. Some built temporary shelters in the forest for the time being. When they fled, many could not take anything with them and are now facing many challenges. Children also have stopped going to school. Due to heavy rain and their living conditions, many villagers caught the flu and are sick. Clothes are lacking and food is also running out. Their only source of support are nearby villagers who sometimes come and give them some food. The food they are given is far from enough and they are in urgent need of other support. Date – July 5, 2025 Location – Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpa Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District Photos - a local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Kler Lwee Htoo District – Drone Strike, Deaths and Injuries On July 5, 2025, at around 5:50 pm, the SAC carried out drone strikes and dropped two bombs on a village in Taw Kyaung Pauk village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The first bomb landed in the village school compound. As a result, four villagers were killed on the spot, and four others, including two children and a pregnant woman, were severely injured. A school building was also destroyed in the attack. The second bomb landed in another area but failed to detonate. One injured child died on the way to the hospital, and another child died upon arrival. According to a villager, only two out of the four injured villagers survived and are receiving medical treatment. The villagers who have been killed and injured in this drone attack are displaced people from other villages. A villager also said that the village school and a school nearby are closed down due to security concerns. Date – July 5, 2025 Location – Taw Kyaung Pauk village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Kler Lwee Htoo District – Shelling and Damages On June 28, 2025, at around 10 am, the SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB #590) based in Yay Aoh Say (Yay Ao Sin) fired a 60 mm mortar shell into a village in Mee Teh Taw village tract, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. As a result, the shell landed in the monastery compound and caused damages in the vicinity. Some buildings, a tractor engine, a water tank and a refrigerator were damaged. According to local villagers, the SAC frequently conducts indiscriminate shelling into the village, forcing the villagers to live in fear and temporarily flee the area whenever attacks happen. Date – June 28, 2025 Location – Mee Teh Taw (Mi Taing Taw) village tract, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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This Incident Report describes events occurring in Bu Tho Township, Mu Traw (Hpapun) District, in January 2025. On January 28th 2025, the State Administration Council (SAC) carried out an air strike on W--- village, located in Kyaw Pa village tract, Bu Tho Township. The attack caused several casualties: four villagers (including one child and two women) were killed, while six others (including two children and three women) were injured. Additionally, five houses were completely burned down by the air strike. As a consequence, all residents of W--- village were forced to flee. These displaced villagers need food, shelter, and healthcare support in their current hiding locations in Bu Tho Township, although they received some initial support from a civil society organisation. On that same day, January 28th 2025, the SAC also conducted an air strike on nearby R--- village, in Kyaw Pa village tract, destroying a monastery and several other buildings. As a result, villagers from R--- fled to the forest to escape further attacks. Read the full report - shorturl.at/n2alB #KHRG #humanrights #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Kler Lwee Htoo District – Shelling, Air Strike and Injuries On June 28, 2025, around 9:40 am, the State Administration Council (SAC) Infantry Battalion (IB) #264 from Pain Z’Loh Town conducted two rounds of artillery shelling on a village in Hin Tha Weh village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The shelling killed a pig and damaged a house. On the same day at around 1:45 pm, the SAC carried out an air strike on the same village, dropping two 500-lb bombs. The air strike injured two villagers, and both were admitted to a local hospital. However, one of the victims later had to be transferred to another hospital for better medical treatment. The air strike also damaged eight houses. According to a local villager, the village school also had to close due to the SAC air strike and shelling targeting the village. Date – June 28, 2025 Location – Hin Tha Weh (Hin Thar Waing) village tract, Ler Doh Township, Klwer Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Taw Oo District – Shelling, Casualties, and Destruction On June 24th 2025, around 9 pm, the State Administration Council (SAC) Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #73 conducted seven rounds of artillery shelling on a village in the southern side of Zayat Gyi village tract, Htaw Ta Htoo Township, Taw Oo District. Three of the shells landed inside the village, and two of them caused severe casualties. The first shell struck a villager’s house, killing a couple who were the houseowners. Shortly after, two more shells landed, and although one caused no casualties, the other hit another villager’s house, injuring four people, including a child. Both houses were destroyed by the shelling. Date – June 24, 2025 Location – Southern side of Zayat Gyi village tract, Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Taw (Toungoo) Oo District Photo - a local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Taw Oo District – Fighting, Shelling, and Casualties On June 15, 2025, around 10:30 am, fighting broke out between the SAC and the KNLA’s battalion #5 near a village in P’Shaw Loh village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District. During the fighting, the SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #603, based in Leiktho Town, indiscriminately fired three rounds of 120 mm mortar shells at a village. One of the shells landed inside the village, while the other two landed outside. When the fighting happened, villagers were frightened and fled hurriedly to other places for their safety. However, before some villagers were able to escape, a mortar shell landed near a house, killing a four-year-old boy instantly and injuring a six-year-old girl and the father of the deceased child. The house close to where the mortar shell landed was also damaged. After the fighting stopped, SAC soldiers entered the village and burned down one house. According to a villager, the villagers in the village fled to other places for their security after the fighting. Regarding livelihood challenges, it was reported that SAC soldiers were also questioning villagers when they were travelling, and local farm products were not in high demand, causing villagers to face many difficulties in their daily lives. Date – June 15, 2025 Location – P’Shaw Loh village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District Photo - a local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Taw Oo District – SAC entered a village and killed a villager with an intellectual disability On June 9th, 2025, around 9:30 a.m., approximately 30 to 40 SAC soldiers from Ku Hnit Maing (7-miles) army camp entered a village in the Day Loh area, Htaw Ta Htoo Township, Taw Oo District. After entering the village, the SAC soldiers arbitrarily arrested 13 male villagers, including a 32-year-old villager with an intellectual disability. The mother of the villager with a disability explained her son’s condition to the SAC soldiers and showed them a medical document as proof, but the SAC soldiers did not listen and punched her son in front of her. They also threatened to kill her. The SAC soldiers also physically assaulted other arrested villagers, looted villagers’ property from their houses, and killed their chickens for food. According to a villager, the arrested villagers were kept under the sun the whole day before they were taken to the SAC army camp around 4 pm. However, five of the arrested villagers were aged over 60 and, therefore, were not taken to the camp. While the rest of the arrested villagers were being taken to the army camp, SAC soldiers warned them not to look around, or they would shoot them. According to another arrested villager, one captain was drunk and asked the villager with an intellectual disability to carry a gun for him. However, the villager said the gun was heavy and refused to carry it. The captain then fired the gun to scare him. The villager with an intellectual disability was frightened by the sound and started to run away, but the soldiers shouted at him to stop and come back. When he was coming back, the captain shot him, and he died on the spot. The soldiers also threatened other arrested villagers not to look at the dead body, or otherwise they would shoot them as well. Before they reached the army camp, SAC soldiers released them and instructed them to return to the incident site to bury the body. Date – June 9, 2025 Location – Day Loh area, Htaw Ta Htoo Township, Taw Oo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Dooplaya District – Air strike and Injuries On July 5th 2025, the SAC carried out an air strike on a village in Maw Hkee village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The air strike severely injured four villagers, including a child, and they had to be sent to Thailand for medical treatment. According to a villager, there was no fighting near the village where the air strike happened. Date – 5 July 2025 Location – Maw Hkee village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District Photo - a local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Kler Lwee Htoo District- Shelling and Death On June 28th 2025, around 7:28 pm, the SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #264, based in Pain Z’Loh Town, indiscriminately fired a mortar round. It landed in the compound of a villager’s house, which is in a village in Gway Kone village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The mortar shell killed the house owner and also damaged the house. According to local villagers, only a few villagers remain in the village due to the SAC’s ongoing indiscriminate shelling since 2023. Most of the villagers have moved to their farms, plantations, or other places as they are worried about their safety. Date – June 28, 2025 Location – Gway Kone village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Dooplaya District – Fighting, Air Strikes, and Displacement On June 3rd 2025, combined forces from KNDO Battalion #8, KNLA Battalion #28, and the PDF attacked the SAC army camp in Thay Baw Boh, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the attack, the SAC carried out multiple air strikes in the Thay Baw Boh area using helicopters and jet fighters, including the Y-12. According to reports from the ground, two air strikes were carried out by helicopter, three by jet fighter, and more than 25 by Y-12 aircraft. These air strikes were not conducted on the actual fighting site but on villagers' houses and plantations instead. Before the fighting began, local authorities had instructed villagers to move to other places, and therefore, no villagers’ casualties were reported. The village school also had to close due to security concerns. Date – June 3, 2025 Location – Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Dooplaya District – Air Strike, Deaths and Injuries On June 9, 2025, around 1:45 pm, a SAC jet fighter and helicopter carried out an air strike on a village in Paing Ya village tract, Kruh Tu township, Dooplaya District. During the attack, various types of bombs were dropped, including 500 lbs bombs, and there was also machine-gun strafing. As a result of the attack, five villagers, including three children and a teacher, were killed on the spot and 29 other villagers, including children, were injured. One house was destroyed, and several other houses were damaged. One of the bombs landed on a villager’s farmland but did not explode. Date - June 9, 2025 Location – Paing Ya village tract, Kruh Tu township, Dooplaya District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Taw Oo District – Fighting, House Burning and Displacement On June 26th 2025, around 11:18 am, over 70 soldiers from an unidentified SAC unit approached an area in Taw Oo District, and when they arrived in a village in P’Shaw Loh village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, they were attacked by the KNLA combined forces in the area. When the fighting stopped, the SAC soldiers entered the village and looted the villagers' properties, including three phones and 210,000 kyat from a villager’s house. They also entered the village church and searched for things. Before leaving the village, the SAC called a villager to take them back to the entrance of the village. The villager was allowed to leave once they reached the village entrance, after which the SAC troop was attacked by the PDF, which is under the control of Battalion #5. As a result, the SAC soldiers returned to the village and burned down three houses. The three houses were completely burned, and the properties inside, including rice sacks, a refrigerator, 40 raw natural rubber sheets, and 100 bags of charcoal, were burned. Although there were no villagers’ casualties from the fighting, they were displaced to other places for their security. Date – June 26, 2025 Location – P’Shaw Loh village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Hpa-an District – Drone strike, Death and Injuries On June 12th 2025, around 5 pm, the SAC carried out a drone strike during the memorial service in a village in K’Mah Nee village tract, T’nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District. As a result, six villagers, including two children, were killed on the spot, and some villagers were injured. After the incident, the villagers were concerned about their security and fled to other places for their safety. Date – June 12, 2025 Location – K’Mah Nee village tract, T’nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District Photo - a Local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Mergui-Tavoy District – Air Strike, Death, Injury and Destruction On June 7, 2025, between 10 am and 11 am, a SAC jet fighter from Myeik Town carried out an air strike on a village in Ka Ser Kler area, K’Ser Doh Township, Mergui- Tavoy District. During the attack, the jet fighter dropped two 300-pound bombs and also strafed the area with the aircraft's gun. The attack killed two villagers, including an 11-year-old child, and injured four others. Villagers’ plantations, a house, a hut, a motorbike, a car, and nearby areas were also destroyed by the airstrike. After the incident, the injured victims were sent to a local hospital for medical treatment, but three of them sustained severe injuries and were transferred to the Thai side for better care. According to local villagers, the SAC has previously conducted indiscriminate shelling and air strikes on villages in the Ka Ser Kler area, even when no fighting was taking place. Some villagers fled to their plantations located far from the village for safety. Many were also afraid to send their children to school, and the village school had to close due the security concerns. Date – June 7, 2025 Location – Ka Ser Kler area, K’Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District. Photos - a Local villager #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Mergui – Tavoy District – Arbitrary arrest and forced recruitment On June 17, 2025, around 6 pm, a villager was arrested at a checkpoint in Myeik Town, Mergui-Tavoy District, while he was on his way to visit his family. After the arrest, a police officer called the man’s mother and told her to come to the police station for her son’s release. However, as the mother was already very old, she couldn’t go and requested her daughter-in-law to go instead. When the wife arrived at the police station, the officer returned her husband’s phone, motorbike and money, but did not release him. The officer told her that her husband’s name was already included in the recruitment list. Although the woman explained her husband's situation, saying that he is a drug addict, the officer replied that they send thieves and drug addicts to the frontline. The wife insisted that they cannot send her husband to the frontline, and the officer told her to return to the station after one week. Date - June 17, 2025 Location – Myeik Town, Mergui-Tavoy District. #KHRG #HumanRights
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Kler Lwee Htoo District – Shelling and Injury On May 5, 2025, at around 8 pm, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #439 indiscriminately shelled a village in Pha Ya La Har village tract, Moo (Special area), Kler Lwee Htoo District. One shell landed near a villager’s house and injured a female villager. After the incident, the victim was taken to a local hospital but later had to be transferred to a general hospital due to the severity of her injuries. However, the general hospital also lacked the necessary equipment to perform surgery for her injuries, so she was transferred again to another hospital. A villager reported that the SAC used to conduct shelling in their area even when there was no fighting. Therefore, some villagers were displaced to other places, and only a few villagers remain in the village. Date – May 5, 2025 Location – Pha Ya La Har village tract, Moo (special area) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Dooplaya District – Air strike, Injury and Damage On May 2, 2025, around 1 pm, the SAC carried out an air strike on an IDP location, in the Kya K’Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. Two bombs were dropped during the attack, injuring two people including a child. After the incident, most of the people living there fled to other places. According to a displaced villager, after the air strike on the area, the SAC also conducted an air strike on another village. Date – May 2, 2025 Location – Kya K’Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District #KHRG #humanrights #whatshappeninginmyanmar
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Kler Lwee Htoo District – Shelling and Death On May 23, 2025, around 11:30 am, a SAC army camp located in Shway Wa conducted indiscriminate shelling into a village in Thoo Ka Bee village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. They fired two rounds of artillery into the village. The shell landed on a villager’s house and killed a 47-year-old female villager on the spot. A 75-year-old female villager was also injured severely and was sent to a hospital but passed away at around 1:30 pm. A house also was destroyed. Date – May 23, 2025 Location – Thoo Ka Bee village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District #KHRG #Hmanrights
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