Asia - Voice of America: Buddhist Protesters Greet UN Rights Expert in Western Burma

Asia - Voice of America asia

Buddhist Protesters Greet UN Rights Expert in Western Burma Jul 31st 2012, 16:26 A U.N. human rights expert has traveled to several Burmese towns in the country's west where deadly riots erupted between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims last month. A local monk said about 100 Buddhists staged a peaceful protest in the town of Maungdaw as Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Burma's Rakhine state, near the border with Bangladesh. U Arsi Ra said the protesters held signs urging the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR not to discriminate between Buddhists and Muslims when providing aid ... Media files: AF4D3F54-7B7E-4E3E-9D1B-065F2E24C1D1_cx0_cy13_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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