Indonesian Muslims call for expulsion of Myanmar ambassador amid Rohingya violence

Record ID: 908758

  • Title: Indonesian Muslims call for expulsion of Myanmar ambassador amid Rohingya violence
  • Date: 4th September 2017
  • Summary: POLICE LOOKING ON POLICE / SIGN OF MYANMAR EMBASSY PROTEST IN PROGRESS PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD READING (English): "STOP KILLING MUSLIM ROHINGYA" POLICE LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARD WITH PORTRAIT OF MYANMAR AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA, U AUNG HTOO / PLACARD READING (Bahasa Indonesia): "EXPEL THE MYANMAR AMBASSADOR" PROTEST IN PROGRESS TWO GIRLS SPEAKING ON A TRUCK PROTESTERS LISTENING TO SPEECH (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) MUSLIM PROTESTER IFAH ROHMA SAYING: "We are here to show solidarity with our fellow ethnic Muslim Rohingya, opposing the violence against them. It is clear that the victims are predominantly women and children." PROTEST ORGANIZED BY THE YOUTH WING OF NATIONAL MANDATE PARTY (BM PAN) GATHERING IN FRONT OF MYANMAR EMBASSY VARIOUS OF PROTESTER HOLDING UP A PLACARD BEARING PICTURE OF MYANMAR STATE COUNSELLOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI PHOTOSHOPPED WITH BLOODY MOUTH / PLACARD READING (Bahasa Indonesia): "EXPEL THE MYANMAR AMBASSADOR" PROTESTER / PLACARD BEARING PICTURE OF SUU KYI BEHIND BARS CHAIRMAN OF BM PAN INTERVIEWED BY REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) CHAIRMAN OF YOUTH WING OF NATIONAL MANDATE PARTY, AHMAD YUNAN SAYING: "There must be a quick effort to resolve this problem because this is a human rights issue, no matter what religion they are." PROTESTER / FLAGS (LEFT) MYANMAR FLAG / (RIGHT) ASEAN FLAG
  • Embargoed: 18th September 2017 09:54
  • Keywords: Indonesia Myanmar protest Rohingya Rakine State
  • Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  • City: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Race Relations / Ethnic Issues,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036X6KDOL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Monday (September 4), calling for the expulsion of Myanmar's ambassador to Indonesia.
    Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands of refugees from previous spasms of violence in Myanmar.
    The treatment of Buddhist-majority Myanmar's roughly 1.1 million Muslim Rohingya is the biggest challenge facing leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accused by Western critics of not speaking out for the minority that has long complained of persecution.
    The protest came on the day that Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi is due to meet Suu Kyi to discuss delivering humanitarian aid to members of the Rohingya minority. She is also scheduled to travel to Bangladesh to urge authorities there to protect fleeing Rohingya.
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