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On the recordOctober 4, 2017
This is ethnic cleansing. The protection of human rights has been our Nation's top priority in Burma, including freeing Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel condemns the violence in Burma as ethnic cleansing and stresses human rights priorities.

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