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Adriano Espaillat: “There is no tolerance by the United States of the human rights violations, murderous ethnic cleansing, and atrocities…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2017
There is no tolerance by the United States of the human rights violations, murderous ethnic cleansing, and atrocities against civilians perpetrated by the Government of Myanmar.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat condemns Myanmar's government for ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya.

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