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HRES 1057 115th Congress House International Affairs Asia Burma Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human rights News media and reporting Racial and ethnic relations

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.

Introduced: September 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Sep 12, 2018
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8110-8111)
Sep 7, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 12, 2018

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8110-8111)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 10 Republican 2
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · Nov 16, 2018
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 27, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 26, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 24, 2018
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 24, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 24, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 17, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 17, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 13, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 13, 2018
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Sep 13, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1057/
MLA
"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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1057/.
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H. Res. 1057, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1057/.
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[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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1057/)
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