SITTWE, MYANMAR: Protesters in Myanmar's bothered Rakhine state demonstrated Sunday in opposition to the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, relating to them as "runaway refugees".
About 100 people led through Buddhists clergymen marched throughout the state capital Sittwe conserving purple banners and chanting slogans.
"There will be no benefits to us or our country if we accept the Bengalis," one monk said, according to a are living video streaming of the protest.
Bengali is a derogatory term for the Rohingya in Myanmar that falsely implies they're learners from Bangladesh.
The demonstration comes 10 days after Bangladesh and Myanmar had been intended to officially start repatriating members of the Rohingya minority who had fled violent army operations in August 2017.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said Myanmar's defense force raped women, murdered their relations and burned down their properties in a bid to force them permanently in another country after a long time of persecution.
The deal to bring them again was struck a yr in the past but Rohingya in the Bangladesh camps concern returning without promises of citizenship, protection, and equal get entry to to healthcare and education.
They also are cautious of hostility from the non-Muslim residents in Rakhine.
The Buddhist protesters in Sittwe on Sunday mirrored that view, conserving signs that integrated requires government to not "allow resettling (of) the runaway refugees" in parts of northern Rakhine state.
"The government should take precise action against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh," said Kyawt Sein, a member of the protest committee.
UN investigators have called for Myanmar's most sensible brass to be prosecuted on fees of genocide on the International Criminal Court or an ad hoc tribunal.
Myanmar denies virtually all claims of atrocities and says it was defending itself in opposition to Rohingya militants.
Demonstrations in opposition to the Rohingya aren't uncommon in Sittwe, where intercommunal violence broke out in 2012, killing hundreds and sending more than 120,000 Rohingya into interior displacement camps where most remain as of late.
About 100 people led through Buddhists clergymen marched throughout the state capital Sittwe conserving purple banners and chanting slogans.
"There will be no benefits to us or our country if we accept the Bengalis," one monk said, according to a are living video streaming of the protest.
Bengali is a derogatory term for the Rohingya in Myanmar that falsely implies they're learners from Bangladesh.
The demonstration comes 10 days after Bangladesh and Myanmar had been intended to officially start repatriating members of the Rohingya minority who had fled violent army operations in August 2017.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said Myanmar's defense force raped women, murdered their relations and burned down their properties in a bid to force them permanently in another country after a long time of persecution.
The deal to bring them again was struck a yr in the past but Rohingya in the Bangladesh camps concern returning without promises of citizenship, protection, and equal get entry to to healthcare and education.
They also are cautious of hostility from the non-Muslim residents in Rakhine.
The Buddhist protesters in Sittwe on Sunday mirrored that view, conserving signs that integrated requires government to not "allow resettling (of) the runaway refugees" in parts of northern Rakhine state.
"The government should take precise action against illegal immigrants from Bangladesh," said Kyawt Sein, a member of the protest committee.
UN investigators have called for Myanmar's most sensible brass to be prosecuted on fees of genocide on the International Criminal Court or an ad hoc tribunal.
Myanmar denies virtually all claims of atrocities and says it was defending itself in opposition to Rohingya militants.
Demonstrations in opposition to the Rohingya aren't uncommon in Sittwe, where intercommunal violence broke out in 2012, killing hundreds and sending more than 120,000 Rohingya into interior displacement camps where most remain as of late.
Protest in Myanmar's Rakhine state opposes Rohingya return
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