An Indonesian man holds a U.S. flag during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 17.
Afghan protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Kabul on Sept.17, against a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad.
Wife of Turkish prime minister, Emine Erdogan, accompanied Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as he left on Wednesday to observe the situation in Rakhine, Myanmar.
The foreign minister and the prime minister’s wife offered hugs and around $2 million worth of humanitarian supplies. Myanmar generally allows only humanitarian aid through U.N. organizations but recently accepted the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to assist the Rohingya displaced by sectarian violence.
Human Rights Watch said on Aug. 1 that the Rohingyas had suffered mass arrests, killings and rapes at the hands of the Myanmar security forces. The minority bore the brunt of a crackdown after days of arson and machete attacks in June by both Buddhists and Rohingyas in Rakhine state, the monitoring group said.
First image from Like for Syria. Second image from Homs Revolution News.
First image was before. Second image was after.
Our hearts are in #Daraya today… the amazing town where peaceful protesters marched carrying flowers and asked for freedom and dignity. Today, there were massacred mercilessly by the vicious #Assad regime.
In the news:
NY Times - Mass Burials Held in Damascus Suburb Amid Army Crackdown
Reuters - Assad’s forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital
The Guardian - Syrian regime accused of killing hundreds in Daraya massacre
