Indonesian Muslims call for expulsion of Myanmar ambassador amid Rohingya violence

Record ID: 908760

  • Title: Indonesian Muslims call for expulsion of Myanmar ambassador amid Rohingya violence
  • Date: 4th September 2017
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 4, 2017) (REUTERS) WOMEN PROTESTERS, MOST OF THEM MUSLIM, HOLDING BANNERS AND PLACARDS STANDING IN FRONT OF MYANMAR EMBASSY
  • 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: LVA0016X6KDOL
  • 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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