YANGON (AFP) – Anti-junta protesters flooded Myanmar’s social media with pictures of themselves wearing black on Sunday (June 13) in a show of solidarity with the Rohingya, a minority group that is among the most persecuted in the country.
Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, an anti-junta movement demanding a return to democracy has grown to include fighting for ethnic minority rights.
The mostly Muslim Rohingya – long viewed as interlopers from Bangladesh by many in Myanmar – have for decades been denied citizenship, rights, access to services and freedom of movement.
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