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On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
It is important to recognize ARSA, and it is important to recognize that there are other minorities, Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus who have been killed and displaced, but it is nowhere near on the scale of the Rohingya.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline emphasizes the need to acknowledge the plight of various minorities in Myanmar.

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