US Designates Myanmar’s Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya as Genocide

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This week, the United States designated the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya by the Myanmar military as genocide. It’s the eighth time since the Holocaust that the U.S. has said a genocide has occurred. Experts say it will further isolate the country’s ruling class internationally. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.