Jewish groups praise bill to sanction Burma for persecution of Rohingya Muslims

THE TIMES OF ISREAL
By Josefin Dolsten Today, 

19 US organizations lobby in support of bill; American rabbis previously spoke to congressional representatives pushing for action against Burmese government.

 

Rohingya refugees wait after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang, October 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)

 

JTA — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people.

JEWISH GROUPS PRAISES SANCTIONS BURMA FOR PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA MUSLIMS.

THE JERUSALUM POST

APRIL 12, 2019

BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA

Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Todd Young, R-Ind., introduced the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act on Thursday. It was co-sponsored by 14 lawmakers.

MK MASOUD GNAIM (center) participates in a protest against the killing of his Rohingya Muslim ‘brothers’ in Myanmar, outside the country’s embassy in Tel Aviv, September 11, 2017.. (photo credit: UNITED ARAB LIST)

(JTA) — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people.

The legislation calls for the United States to take a number of measures in response to the violence against the Rohingya perpetrated by the Burmese government.