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H.RES.1057

H.RES.1057: Calling on Burma's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to release two jailed journalists reporting on violence inflicted upon that nation's Rohingya population.

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Introduced Sept. 7, 2018
Latest Major Action Sept. 12, 2018

Bill Sponsor

Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

Bill Cosponsors

14 (12 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.)
Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)
Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

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Introduced in House - Sept. 7, 2018

Bill Summary

Condemns all efforts to suppress information regarding the oppression and violence inflicted upon Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya civilians. Calls on the leader of Burma's civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi, to release the jailed journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date	Description
Sept. 7, 2018	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sept. 7, 2018	Introduced in the House by Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

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