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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11691

17 December 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION / Burma/myanmar
European Parliament urges end to violence against Rohingya Muslims
Brussels, 16/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 15 December, MEPs called on the security and military forces of Burma/Myanmar to put an immediate stop to the murders, harassment and rape of the Rohingya population, and to their houses being set on fire.

In the joint resolution from the ECR, EFDD, Greens/EFA, GUE/NGL, EPP, ALDE and S&D Groups that was adopted, MEPs hail the Burmese government's announcement of the creation of a commission of inquiry into the recent violence in Rakhine State, and they call on it to allow...

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