Senators Urge For U.S. To Label Myanmar's Rohingya Crackdown A 'Genocide'

2018-12-20 1

According to a report by Reuters, on Wednesday, a bipartisan group of US Senators called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate the Myanmar's military campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority a genocide. Over 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state since August of last year when attacks on security posts by Rohingya insurgents triggered a military crackdown described internationally as ethnic cleansing. Reuters reports that a declaration of genocide by the U.S.

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