S.Res. 735 — A resolution condemning the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Burma and urging accountability for the Burmese military.

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Condemns the Burmese military's atrocities against Burma's minority Rohingya population, and calls on the Department of State to formally determine whether such acts amount to genocide. Commends the government of Bangladesh for receiving Rohingya refugees, and calls on Burma's government to immediately release journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

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H.Res. 1091Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Burmese military and security forces since August 2017 constitute crimes against humanity and genocide and calling on the Government of Burma to release Burmese journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sentenced to seven years imprisonment after investigating attacks against civilians by the Burmese military and security forces, and for other purposes
2018-12-13The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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2018-12-19
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2018-12-19
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7931-7932)

A resolution condemning the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Burma and urging accountability for the Burmese military.

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