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Why Won't Obama Speak Out for the Rohingya?

Tom Andrews | Posted 01.16.2013 | World
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Tom Andrews

In a day and age in which technology affords us the ability to connect with people across the world, we can no longer claim ignorance to the fact that the Rohingya people are being slaughtered, displaced, and terrorized.

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President Obama Must Carry a Human Rights Message to Myanmar or Risk Setting Back Momentum for Reform

Amnesty International | Posted 01.16.2013 | World
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Amnesty International

The few hours that the president will spend on the ground in Myanmar sends a signal that the government is no longer an international outlaw. But the president's stop-over has the potential to advance rather than set back reform.

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Myanmar Residents Flee Deadly Violence

AP | Posted 08.12.2012 | World
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SITTWE, Myanmar — People fled their burning homes and Myanmar's security forces struggled to contain communal violence Tuesday in a western regi...

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