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Community Organizations Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Acronym
HURFOM
Non-profit organization
Phone number
(+66) 034 595 473, (+66) 034 595 665

Location

Bangkok
Thailand
Postal address
Human Rights Foundation Of Monland (Burma)
P. O. Box 2237
General Post Office
Bangkok 10501, THAILAND
Working languages
Burmese
English

The HURFOM was founded by pro-democracy students from the 1988 uprising and more recent activists and Mon community leaders and youths, and it main aim is for the restoration of democracy, human rights and genuine peace in Burma. HURFOM is a non-profit organization and all its members are volunteers who have the same opinion for the same aim. By accepting the main aim, we would like to participate in struggle for the establishment of a democratic Burma doing our part as a local ethnic human rights group, which is monitoring the human rights situation in Mon territory and other areas southern part of Burma. We provide information and reports to allcampaign organizations to get helps from the international community for democratic reform in Burma. For this project, HURFOM has produced a monthly human rights report, with the name of “The Mon Forum” for 9 years.

Members:

Resources

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Yearning to be heard - Mon Farmers’ continued struggle for acknowledgement and protection of their rights (Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ)

Reports & Research
Janeiro, 2015
Myanmar

In October 2013, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released "Disputed Territory", a report documenting the emerging trend of Mon farmers fighting for recognition of their land rights in the face of unjust land and property confiscations. The report analyzed specific barriers impeding their success, from weak land policy and inadequate dispute resolution mechanisms, to an absence of support from various sources.

Disputed Territory: Mon Farmers' Fight Against Unjust Land Acquisition and Barriers to Their Progress

Reports & Research
Dezembro, 2013
Myanmar

INTRODUCTION: Over the years HURFOM has produced a number of accounts highlighting the hardships faced by Mon farmers who became victims of land confiscation or unjust land acquisition.1 In this report HURFOM follows-up on previously documented abuses and concentrates on an emerging new trend: farmers’ active and collective pursuits for rights to their land. Disputed Territory aims to elaborate on the activities of and express solidarity with farmers who are resolutely, and in some cases for the first time, seeking justice regarding their land.

Disputed Territory - Mon farmers fight against unjust land acquisition and barriers to their progress

Reports & Research
Setembro, 2013
Myanmar

Over the years HURFOM has produced a number of accounts highlighting the
hardships faced by Mon farmers who became victims of land confiscation or
unjust land acquisition.1 In this report HURFOM follows-up on previously
documented abuses and concentrates on an emerging new trend: farmers’ active and
collective pursuits for rights to their land.
Disputed Territory aims to elaborate on the activities of and express solidarity with
farmers who are resolutely, and in some cases for the first time, seeking justice

Destination Unknown: Hope and Doubt Regarding IDP Resettlement in Mon State

Reports & Research
Outubro, 2012
Myanmar

Executive Summary: "The growing optimism surrounding Burma’s political and social
transitions has begun to be accompanied by ambitions to resettle
displaced communities along the country’s border with Thailand. As
the notion and its attendant proposals continue to proliferate, it
seems timely to assess how the communities directly affected by this
prospect feel about resettlement. Interviews were conducted with 61
Mon internally displaced people (IDPs) who expressed an array of
views ranging from excitement for better jobs in new locations to