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Daniel R. Russel: “Congressman Rohrabacher put his finger on a paradox, on a dilemma in Burma, which is that at the same time that the…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2015
Congressman Rohrabacher put his finger on a paradox, on a dilemma in Burma, which is that at the same time that the government and the leaders are putting a tremendous amount of effort into firming up the union by reaching ceasefire agreements and ultimately peace agreements with ethnic minorities such as the Karen and others, they are turning a blind eye to the prevalence of hate speech and divisive religious activities that will not strengthen the union but will in fact divide it.
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Highlighting the contradiction in Burma's peace efforts and ongoing hate speech.

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