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"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo.
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Saturday, October 06, 2012
VOA interview with Burmese immigration minister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4nmBhn_XKU&list=UUv-YbGueeYCp8_CdjgXQD3A&index=1&feature=plcp
he sticks to 1982 "citizenship law" and says there are no Rohingya, only "Bengali".
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