Bipartisan senators call for US ‘genocide’ label of Myanmar killings 3 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Wednesday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate the Myanmar military’s campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority a genocide. The senators asked Pompeo to provide a formal determination about the actions of Myanmar’s military. “There is no question that the violence in northern Rakhine State – intended to terrorize, drive out, and exterminate Rakhine’s Rohingya population – meets the definition of genocide,” the letter said. The United Nations Security Council is mulling a resolution that the council could consider further steps, including sanctions, if there was not enough progress made by Myanmar in returning refugees, diplomats said.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 20, 2018 00:33 UTC