The protesters chanted 'Get out, China!' and unfurled Indonesian and Uighur flags as they marched.
More than a thousand Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded Chinese Embassy in Indonesia's capital to protest China's treatment of its Uighur Muslims. The protesters chanted "Get out, China!" and unfurled Indonesian and Uighur flags as they marchedCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.
Martak, a leader of a conservative Muslim alliance that held mass protests against Jakarta's ethnic Chinese governor, a minority Christian, in 2016, demanded an end to mass detentions of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. The Associated Press reported last year that some are forced to work in factories, and tracked clothing made in one camp to an American sportswear company.
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