HUMAN RIGHTS/MILITARY/MUSLIMS/MYANMAR/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The State Department on Monday [9-24-18] quietly released the results of its investigation into Myanmar’s military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, detailing a slew of atrocities but stopping short of calling the crackdown either a ‘genocide’ or ‘crimes against humanity’ — two designations that carry legal ramifications. The department posted its report online, but it did not issue a news release or hold a public rollout of any kind to unveil its findings, although Reuters obtained an exclusive story ahead of time. It was a strikingly low-key release for a report that lawmakers and activists have been anticipating for months and that had spurred intense debate among various factions in the State Department, and it raised questions about why the Trump administration would downplay its findings. A United Nations panel has already declared that Myanmar’s military leaders should be tried for crimes against humanity and genocide over their brutality against Rohingya Muslims, a long-persecuted minority in the Buddhist-dominated country, which is also known as Burma.”
–Nahal Toosi, “U.S. steers clear of ‘genocide’ label in quietly releasing report on Rohingya,” Politico, September 24, 2018 7:26 pm