On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
The impunity has to stop. Those who have committed these gross human rights violations, and they're very well documented, need to be held to account.
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congress.govThe impunity has to stop. Those who have committed these gross human rights violations, and they're very well documented, need to be held to account.
Andrews calls for accountability for human rights violations in Burma.
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The people of Burma need to know that the people of the United States and the world are with them not only in word but in deed.
Just yesterday, a 7-year-old girl was shot and killed by Burmese security forces.
We need to have a very aggressive, strong, principled stand and not just words but action that can mobilize the region and the world with us.
This is a security issue, if I have ever seen one, and it demands the attention of the world at the highest levels.