In St. Petersburg detained protesters in support of Muslims in Myanmar

Comments from law enforcement bodies did not arrive yet.

According to the interlocutor of “Fontanka” in law enforcement bodies, in police departments brought about 130 people. Against them are issued the Protocol under article 20.2 of the administrative code (“violation of the established order of carrying out of meeting”). Those who resisted arrest, will also be charged the offence under article 19.3 of the administrative code (“disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer”).

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10 September, about 200 people gathered in Palace square for an unsanctioned rally in support of Muslims in Myanmar.

The situation in the country has been actively discussed in the Russian media in early September. There intensified clashes between the Muslim Rohingya people (considered to be an oppressed ethnic minority) and the local population that adheres to Buddhism. The number of victims of conflict in recent times has already exceeded 400 people.

4 December in Grozny, rally in solidarity with the Rohingya people, which, according to the interior Ministry, has collected 1.1 million people. The day before outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Moscow held a spontaneous rally in support of the people. The building of the diplomatic mission of hundreds of people. The security forces did not intervene in the situation, but took the Embassy under heavy guard.

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