CSW AND ROHINGYA DELEGATION ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON, DC TO ADVOCATE UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

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Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK

A delegation organized by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) arrived in Washington, DC today, for three days of meetings with U.S. government officials to highlight the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Burma.

Maung Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), and Benedict Rogers, CSW's East Asia Team Leader, will meet officials at the U.S. State Department, and give evidence at a briefing in Congress. They will also meet Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Joseph Pitts, and staff in several other Congressional offices, as well as NGOs including Genocide Intervention, Human Rights Watch and the U.S. Campaign for Burma.

The two activists will brief policy makers on the overall situation in Burma, including the plight of the ethnic nationalities. Benedict Rogers will give evidence from his recent visits to the Karen on the Thailand-Burma border, the Chin on the India-Burma border, the Kachin on the China-Burma border and the suppression of democracy inside Burma. Maung Tun Khin will present detailed evidence of the systematic persecution of the Rohingya people and the refugee crisis on the Bangladesh-Burma border.+++

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