Sen. Todd Young urges action to end genocide against Muslims in Myanma
Republican Indiana Sen. Todd Young is calling for the end of an ongoing genocide against Muslims in Myanmar.
Young and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley calling for an end to the Burmese military’s brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The letter was signed by 21 U.S. senators.
Stories of mass killings, graphic rape, torture and other atrocities has drawn significant international criticism of Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a past Nobel Peace Prize winner who was recognized for her leadership of the Burmese pro-democracy movement.
Her government has denied visas to a United Nations team charged with investigating the crisis, and several international organizations have been prevented from delivering aid.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/10/20/sen-todd-young-urges-action-end-muslim-genocide-myanmar/784590001/
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