[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    END PERSECUTION OF BURMA'S ROHINGYA PEOPLE AND OTHER ETHNIC AND 
                          RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 18, 2013

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, today, Representative Joe Pitts and I 
introduced a bipartisan resolution to protect Burma's Rohingya minority 
and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Burma. While Burma 
has begun a gradual transition from decades of military rule to a 
fledgling democracy, Burma's Rohingya minority has experienced a 
shocking rise in targeted attacks at the hands of Burma's Buddhist 
majority, along with increased instances of arbitrary arrests, 
detention, and extortion of Rohingya and other Muslim communities 
across the country.
  All signs indicate that the Rohingya and other Muslim communities in 
Burma remain at extreme risk to further forms of persecution and 
violence. My colleagues and I therefore introduce this resolution to 
call for an end to the persecution of Burma's Rohingya minority and the 
protection of all ethnic and religious minority groups in Burma.
  I urge my colleagues to join us on this resolution calling for an end 
to the persecution of the Rohingya people and the protection of Burma's 
ethnic and religious minorities.

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