Rohingya
Protesters in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state demonstrated Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as “runaway refugees”.
About 100 people led by Buddhists monks marched through the state capital Sittwe holding red banners and chanting slogans.
“All the people of the nation are responsible to protect the security of the country,” one monk said, according to a Facebook live streaming of the protest.
“There will be no benefits to us or our country if we accept the Bengalis,” he added, using a derogatory term for the Rohingya that falsely implies they are newcomers from Bangladesh.
The demonstration comes 10 days after Bangladesh and Myanmar were supposed to officially start repatriating members of the Rohingya minority who…
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