[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ADDRESSING THE ROHINGYA HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise on World Refugee Day to draw 
attention to the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
  Since October 2016, the Burmese military has targeted the Rohingya 
people with what the State Department has described as ethnic 
cleansing. Through interviews in refugee camps and other fact-finding 
missions, the U.N. Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights and 
multiple NGOs have documented a systematic campaign of mass rape, 
extrajudicial killings of young babies and children, brutal beatings, 
burning of entire villages, and other serious human rights violations.
  Mr. Speaker, 7,000 Rohingya were killed in the first month of the 
violence, while an estimated 700,000 have fled to Bangladesh. At the 
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, we have worked to bring attention 
to the sickening discrimination and mistreatment of the Rohingya.
  The oncoming monsoon season in Bangladesh will cause more 
difficulties for the Rohingya refugees. Congress must hold the Burmese 
military accountable for their actions and provide the necessary aid 
needed to meet this crisis.

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