Hundreds join Myanmar peace rally
- Published: 21 Sep 2012 at 13.49
- Online news: Asia
Hundreds of people gathered in Rangoon on Friday calling for an end to the festering conflict between Kachin ethnic minority rebels and Myanmar's army.
Demonstrators including ethnic Kachins, artists and civil society groups, walk through downtown Yangon in a peace rally, on September 21. Hundreds of people gathered in Yangon calling for an end to the festering conflict between Kachin ethnic minority rebels and Myanmar's army.
In a colourful rally to mark the International Day of Peace, at least 200 people -- including Kachins, artists and civil society groups -- met in downtown Rangoon, many wearing blue T-shirts bearing the slogan "Stop Civil War", or carrying banners and plastic doves.
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