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Myanmar: Protest Against UN Human Rights Rapporteur

Written byChan Myae Khine

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Posted 3 September 2012 22:40 GMT
Protest in Mandalay

Protest against the UN special human rights rapporteur 2 September, 2012 in Mandalay, Myanmar. Image by CJ Myanmar.


Thousands of people joined a protest action against Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special human rights rapporteur, in Mandalay, Myanmar. Some locals believe that Quintana's reports about the violence in Rakhine State are biased towards Rohingyas.

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