Indonesian Muslims protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday demanding an end to violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.Thousands of demonstrators, many in white Islamic robes and skullcaps, walked through the capital’s streets to converge outside the embassy in downtown Jakarta.Persecution of the Rohingya, reviled as illegal immigrants and mostly denied citizenship in Myanmar, has been a lightning rod for anger in Indonesia and across the Muslim world.Pro

Malaysian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) call on Myanmar government to immediately stop military operations on Rakhine civilians that have targeted the Rohingya people.A memorandum by the NGOs, which will be delivered through the Ambassador of Myanmar to Malaysia, Zaw Myint, to the State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw.“We from the Malaysian NGOs are seriously concern pertaining to the current Myanmar military operation in the Rakhine state.