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Museum Calls Attention to Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma at Special Event at US Senate
February 16, 2018
In an effort to highlight the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya community by the Burmese government, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) hosted a photo exhibition, Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, which was on display in the Senate Russell Rotunda from February 12 to 16, 2018.
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In Burma, Latest Attacks on Rohingya Demand Urgent Response
September 1, 2017
Escalated attacks against Rohingya civilians in Burma present a new urgency for protecting civilians and dismantling systems of violence against minorities.
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Museum Briefs Senate Human Rights Caucus on Atrocities in Burma
July 28, 2017
Simon-Skjodt Center staff briefs the Senate Human Rights Caucus on the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Burma. The Museum has raised the alarm about the risk of genocide in the country.
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Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in Burma
May 3, 2013
A recent Human Rights Watch report describes crimes against humanity being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State as well as organized attempts to ethnically cleanse this population.
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Is Genocide in Syria’s Future?
March 25, 2013
In June 2012, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed grave concern about the escalating violence in Syria and warned that the increasingly sectarian nature of that violence could, if unchecked, lead to genocide.
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White House Signs New Law to Help Track Down Individuals Sought by ICC
January 15, 2013
President Obama today signed legislation expanding the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program to give the Secretary of State the authority to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone wanted by any international tribunal for genocide or other serious human rights violations.
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Crimes Against Humanity in Syria
February 24, 2012
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Museum Welcomes Presidential Action on Genocide
August 4, 2011
