Four Congressmen Issue Statement on Second Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide
August 26, 2019
August 26, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, Sens. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, and Todd Young, R-Indiana, on the Burmese military's genocide against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine, Burma:
"Two years ago, the Burmese military began a premeditated campaign of murder, rape, and other brutal atrocities against the Rohingya, which forced over 700,000 Ro . . .
"Two years ago, the Burmese military began a premeditated campaign of murder, rape, and other brutal atrocities against the Rohingya, which forced over 700,000 Ro . . .