{"id":354260,"date":"2017-09-18T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T08:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=354260"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:19:58","slug":"postpone-rohingya-protest-police-to-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/postpone-rohingya-protest-police-to-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Postpone Rohingya protest – Police to Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Accra Regional Police Command has called for the postponement of a planned demonstration by a group calling itself Freedom and Justice against the Rohingya crisis.<\/p>\n
The group notified the Police about its demonstration [which will be staged in Ghana] against the state of Israel, following alleged reports of sale of arms to the Myanmar government.<\/p>\n
In a meeting with the group, the Police Service however advised the organizers , led by the MP for Kumbungu, Mr. Ras. Mubarack to \u201crescind on their intended demonstration due to personnel constraint and issues bordering on national security.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Police Command, in a statement signed by Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Police Service, Efia Tenge urged interested supporters to \u201crefrain from taking part [in the protest] since it will not provide security for the demonstration.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement indicated that though Mr. Mubarak and his group refused to respect the decision of the Police to reconsider a postponement, the Police Service will \u201cimplore the leadership to heed to the Police by rescinding on their decision for further deliberations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rohingyas have been fleeing attacks in Western Myanmar, specifically Rakhine state, \u00a0which began on August 25.<\/p>\n
The incident led to insurgents attacking Police posts and an army camp which killed about 12 in the process.<\/p>\n
The military has been accused of burning Rohingya villages but the army has explained that it is only responding to attacks by militants and not targeting civilians.<\/p>\n
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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Accra Regional Police Command has called for the postponement of a planned demonstration by a group calling itself Freedom and Justice against the Rohingya crisis. The group notified the Police about its demonstration [which will be staged in Ghana] against the state of Israel, following alleged reports of sale of arms to the Myanmar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[3,4519,11187],"yoast_head":"\n