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David Cicilline: “The discrimination and the near genocide of the Rohingya is something which is repulsive and contrary to all of our…”

On the recordJune 13, 2018
The discrimination and the near genocide of the Rohingya is something which is repulsive and contrary to all of our human rights views and human decency.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline condemns the treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar.

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