File photo:Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday labeling as "genocide" Myanmar's ongoing crimes against the country's minority Muslim Rohingya population.
The resolution passed the chamber 394-1.
In addition to formally considering attacks to be genocide, it condemns attacks on civilians by Myanmar's military and security forces.
It also calls on Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint to pardon a pair of Reuters journalists who have been imprisoned for their work in exposing crimes against the Rohingya.
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