Today’s announcement about sanctions against Burmese military officials responsible for human rights violations is a long overdue step. As the one-year anniversary of this brutal campaign approaches, the US must continue to fight against human rights atrocities & ethnic cleansing
America has been on the front lines of the humanitarian effort to stop the ethnic cleansing being committed against Rohingya, but we must not stop there.
I have joined with my Senate colleagues to urge Secretary of State Pompeo and the President to publicly speak out against these inhumane acts being committed in Burma, and continue to take action. Read the full statement here: merkley.senate.gov/news/press-rel…
And Senator McConnell must stop blocking the bipartisan bill that would sanction the perpetrators of these atrocities.
