It’s genocide, say US lawmakers of Rohingya purge

December 15, 2018 5:00 AM

WASHINGTON • The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling Myanmar’s expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims a “genocide”. The Lower House of Congress also accused the Myanmar military of “crimes against humanity” and called for the immediate release of two Reuters journalists who have been detained for covering the crisis.

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