Myanmar's ruling party holds interfaith rally to promote Religious Harmony

Myanmar's ruling party holds interfaith rally to promote Religious Harmony

In Yangon, around 20,000 people lit candles in a soccer stadium and offered prayers.

Myanmar's ruling party has held an interfaith rally to promote religious harmony as thousands of Rohingya Muslims continue to flee persecution in northern Rakhine state.

In Yangon, around 20,000 people lit candles in a soccer stadium and offered prayers.

More than half a million Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh after Myanmar security forces carried out clearance operations in August.

The United Nations has called it "textbook ethnic cleansing."