A shadow government in Myanmar called on Rohingya minority on Thursday and urged them to join the fight to overthrow the military junta. It has promised citizenship and repatriation for the persecuted Muslim community in a future democratic Myanmar. Myanmar is currently in turmoil due to military rule.
The military junta overthrew the civilian government run by Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. The country has since been on the boil with pro-democracy protests and clashes with military.
In a significant development, Myanmar's National Unity Government has announced drafting a new constitution and committed to ensuring citizenship and fundamental rights of all ethnic groups, including the Rohingyas. It also pledged to repatriate Rohingyas from Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries, revoke the controversial 1982 Citizenship Law and National Verification
Hundreds of people protest in Myanmar as ICRC chief meets junta leader Thursday, 03 June 2021 3:16 PM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 03 June 2021 4:17 PM ] Protesters make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on June 3, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
Hundreds of people have protested in Myanmar s largest city of Yangon against the military rule as the International Red Cross chief met the junta leader to discuss humanitarian access to conflict areas in the Southeast Asian country.
Around 400 protesters on Thursday took to the streets in downtown Yangon which is Myanmar s commercial hub.
Zayar Lwin, an activist and former political prisoner who attended the rally, pledged that protests against the coup would continue.
A shadow government in Myanmar yesterday called on the Rohingya minority to help it overthrow the junta, promising citizenship and repatriation for the persecuted Muslim community in a future democratic Myanmar. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) government in a February 1