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Motion to Urge the Government to Call Upon the Government of Myanmar to End Violence and Gross Violations of Human Rights Against Rohingya Muslims—Motion in Modification Adopted—Debate Adjourned

September 27, 2017


The Honorable Senator Mobina S. B. Jaffer:

Senator, I listened to you carefully and no one in this place needs to know what is happening with the crisis. You live in Toronto, and there have been many protests there that our government should do more. There is this call. In other countries, our government has been very proactive when such a terrible thing has happened. Our government has spoken to the Prime Minister and has sent form letters, but it hasn’t done anything further. What do you think our government should be doing?

Senator Ataullahjan: Just being at protests and listening to what the Rohingya and other people are saying, they feel it is a time for action, not words.

While I was happy that the Minister of Foreign Affairs said that it looks like an ethnic cleansing issue, what we are hearing from experts is that it is ethnic cleansing.

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