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115th Congress > House > Vote 663
Clerk session vote number: 664
Sponsor: CROWLEY, Joseph (D-NY)
Description: Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the attacks in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma
Bill summary: Condemns the attacks against civilians by Burma's security services and calls on Burma's Commander-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to end such attacks in the state of Rakhine.
Expresses appreciation to the government of Bangladesh for providing refuge to those fleeing violence.
Condemns the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army attacks but warns that these attacks do not justify the response that has resulted in severe human rights violations and atrocities against civilians.
Calls on Burma's government
and military and security forces to: (1) implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, and (2) allow humanitarian access to refugees and internally displaced persons.
Urges support and access for the United Nations Fact Finding Mission to Burma.
Calls on Burma's military and government to allow refugees to return to Burma and to change laws and policies that have contributed to insecurity in Rakhine.
Calls on the President to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights abuses, including members of Burma's military and security services.
Bill titles: Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the violence in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma.; Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the attacks in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma.
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