U.S. officials will not label treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya as 'ethnic cleansing'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government officials on Tuesday declined to characterize the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as ethnic cleansing, but listed new measures including targeted sanctions Washington is considering to address the crisis.

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Published 25 October 2017 1:50am

Source: Reuters

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"I'm not in a position ... to characterize it today, but to me this very closely resembles some of the worst kind of atrocities that I've seen during a long career," Mark Storella

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State from the Bureau Of Population, Refugees and Migration said at a Senate hearing, when pressed to say whether he viewed the situation as ethnic cleansing.

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(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle)

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U.S. officials will not label treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya as 'ethnic cleansing'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government officials on Tuesday declined to characterize the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as ethnic cleansing, but listed new measures including targeted sanctions Washington is considering to address the crisis.

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