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On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
It is the Myanmar soldiers who are at the front lines of committing these abuses, and they are also those with the most power to bring them to an end.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline points out the military's responsibility for human rights abuses in Myanmar.

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