Myanmar’s anti-junta movement shows viral support for Rohingya

Protesters hold the Myanmar Student Union flag as they make the three-finger salute during a flash mob demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on June 13, 2021. AFP-Yonhap

Anti-junta protesters flooded Myanmar’s social media with pictures of themselves wearing black Sunday in a show of solidarity for the Rohingya, a minority group that is among the most persecuted in the country.

Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, an anti-junta movement demanding a return to democracy has grown to include fighting for ethnic minority rights.

The mostly Muslim Rohingya ― long viewed as interlopers from Bangladesh by many in Myanmar ― have for decades been denied citizenship, rights, access to services and freedom of movement. (AFP)