Indonesian Muslims protest Rohingya persecution

AP  |  Jakarta 

Several hundred Muslim women demonstrated outside Myanmar's embassy in the Indonesian capital in the third day of protests calling for the to take a tougher stance against persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority.

Dozens of armed police are guarding the embassy in central Jakarta today after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at it on the weekend.


Protesters shouted "Save Rohingya," and held big banners that read "Stop Muslim genocide in Myanmar!"

The violence in Myanmar and an exodus into began after insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts in what they said was an effort to protect their ethnic minority from persecution by security forces in the majority Buddhist country.

In response, Myanmar's military unleashed what it called "clearance operations.

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First Published: Mon, September 04 2017. 12:02 IST