IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 
Mr. LEVIN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling on Burma’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to 
release two jailed journalists reporting on violence in-
flicted upon that nation’s Rohingya population. 
Whereas a recent fact-finding mission of the United Nations 
found that Burma’s Rohingya Muslim population has 
been subjected to ‘‘systemic oppression’’ culminating in 
so-called clearance operations that ‘‘targeted and terror-
ized the entire Rohingya population’’; 
Whereas these operations were conducted by Burmese sol-
diers and security forces and constituted a ‘‘human rights 
catastrophe’’ according to the United Nation’s fact-find-
ing report, which called for holding senior Burmese mili-
tary commanders accountable for genocide and crimes 
against humanity; 
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Whereas the United Nations report found such crimes in-
cluded murder, imprisonment, torture, rape, sexual slav-
ery, and other forms of sexual violence; 
Whereas dozens of Rohingya villages have been burned and 
bulldozed out of existence; 
Whereas as result of this violence, persecution, and destruc-
tion, nearly 725,000 Rohingya had fled to Bangladesh by 
mid-August 2018; 
Whereas the United Nations report found that the head of 
Burma’s civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi, has 
failed to use her position or moral authority to protect 
the Rohingya, and that civilian authorities have instead 
‘‘spread false narratives’’ about the atrocities committed 
against the Rohingya; 
Whereas, on March 8, 2018, a senior Burmese official, Na-
tional Security Advisor U Thaung Tun, reportedly made 
a series of comments designed to deny or downplay any 
violence and atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, saying 
the vast majority remain in Burma, and ‘‘if it was geno-
cide, they would all be driven out’’; 
Whereas some brave journalists have attempted to uncover 
the truth about atrocities committed against the 
Rohingya; 
Whereas two such reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo of 
Reuters, were recently sentenced to seven years in prison 
in Burma for violating state secrets laws in response to 
their efforts to report on the persecution of Rohingya 
Muslims; 
Whereas the Burmese police captain involved in their arrest 
reportedly admitted during the trial that his superior or-
dered him to entrap the journalists; 
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Whereas United States Ambassador to the United Nations 
Nikki Haley called these convictions ‘‘another terrible 
stain’’ on Burma; and 
Whereas attempting to silence the duty of the press to un-
cover the truth is anti-democratic and only further fuels 
state-sanctioned oppression: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns all efforts to suppress informa-
tion related to the oppression and violence inflicted 
upon Burma’s Rohingya civilians; and 
(2) calls on the leader of Burma’s civilian gov-
ernment, Aung San Suu Kyi, to immediately and 
unconditionally release the two jailed journalists, Wa 
Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, by exercising her power to 
order a presidential amnesty. 
Æ 
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