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Jennifer Hansler,
March 21, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Brussels, on March 4, 2022.
March 21, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Brussels, on March 4, 2022. Washington (CNN)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday he has determined that the military of Myanmar committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the country's minority Rohingya population in 2016 and 2017.
The formal declaration, announced at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, is a significant step and comes after the Trump administration declined to classify the atrocities -- including mass killings, rape, and torture -- as genocide or crimes against humanity.