Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya, US declares
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the violence committed by Myanmar’s army against the Muslim Rohingya population amounts to genocide. The statement by a major political power could increase international pressure for accountability.
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US Says Myanmar Repression of Muslim Rohingya Is Genocide
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Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya, US declares
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide," U.S. officials said Sunday.
Rights groups have been calling for the designation for years after hundreds of thousands of members of the Muslim minority were driven out of the country.
The US decision to brand a crackdown by Myanmar's military against the Rohingya minority as genocide is a victory for human rights campaigners but will do
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, a declaration intended to both generate
The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, an official told AFP Sunday.
The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,” U.S. officials said Sunday.
Myanmar’s mass killing of the Rohingya Muslim population was designated as “genocide” by Washington. This is expected to boost international pressure on the country's military-led government.
The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, U.S. officials told Reute…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday he has determined that the military of Myanmar committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's minority Rohingya population in 2016 and 2017.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the U.S.’ determination of genocide against the Muslim minority group in Myanmar during a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The United States declared Monday that the yearslong repression of the Rohingya minority by the Myanmar military is a genocide and a "crime against humanity."
On March 21, 2022, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken formally recognized the atrocities against the Rohingyas as genocide and crimes against humanity, during his visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a tour of the exhibit “Burma’s Path to Genocide.”
The declaration on Monday is intended to both generate international pressure and lay the groundwork for potential legal action. Authorities made the determination based on confirmed accounts of mass atrocities on civilians.
Myanmar's treatment of its Rohingya Muslim population is set to be formally determined as a genocide by Washington. This is expected to boost international pressure on the country's military-led government.
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