Photo gallery: Monks protest in Bangkok against attacks in Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they walk past a portrait of Thai Queen Sirikit during a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, on their way to the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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About 100 Buddhist monks stage a peaceful demonstration to call for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012. About 1,000 Buddhist families fled their villages in Bangladesh after rioters burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes and looted shops in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran. -- PHOTO: AP
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Buddhist monks hold banners and photographs as they protest in front of the UN office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. A few hundred Buddhist monks submitted a letter to the UN in Bangkok demanding UN intervention and protection of the Buddhist community in Bangladesh after recent violence there in which monasteries, temples and houses were burnt. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they walk past a portrait of Thai Queen Sirikit during a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, on their way to the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
About 100 Buddhist monks stage a peaceful demonstration to call for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012. About 1,000 Buddhist families fled their villages in Bangladesh after rioters burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes and looted shops in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran. -- PHOTO: AP
Buddhist monks hold banners and photographs as they protest in front of the UN office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. A few hundred Buddhist monks submitted a letter to the UN in Bangkok demanding UN intervention and protection of the Buddhist community in Bangladesh after recent violence there in which monasteries, temples and houses were burnt. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Bangladeshi monks studying Buddhism in Thailand display signs and pictures of destruction in their country as they hold a demonstration calling for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh, in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Oct 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
BANGKOK (AFP) - About 300 Buddhist monks demonstrated in the Thai capital Bangkok on Wednesday against recent attacks by Muslim mobs targeting temples and houses in Bangladesh.
Holding signs reading "No More Violence We Want Peace" and "Stop Muslim Terrorism on Bangladesh Buddhist", the monks from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand massed outside the United Nation offices to call for a probe into the unrest.
