Asia revolts in protest at ‘genocide’ against Rohingya
‘Angry protesters have taken to the streets from Jakarta to Dhaka to denounce Myanmar’s indiscriminate killing and rape in a military crackdown on the country’s Muslim minority.
Bangladeshis demonstrated in the capital Dhaka after Friday prayers, with more Muslims protesting in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Bangkok to call for a halt to “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state.
Malaysia’s cabinet issued an unusually strong-worded statement, condemning the violence, urging “the government of Myanmar to take all necessary actions to address the alleged ethnic cleansing.”‘
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