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Burma government-KIO delegates meet for peace talks in China

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Responding to the Burmese governments

proffered olive branch to the Kachin Independence
Organization for a ceasefire, representatives of the
government and KIO met for peace talks on
Tuesday in Ruili in Chinas southwest Yunnan
province.

This initiative comes after the meeting in

Thailands Chiang Mai on November 19, said KIO officials.
Negotiations for peace over proposals from the two sides were discussed in the meeting between the
six-member KIO delegation led by Chairman Lanyaw Zawng Hra and Burmese delegates led by Aung
Min, Minister for Railways, said sources.
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The talks were between officials from the political wings of both sides.
The meeting will focus on the possibility of a meaningful peace between the two sides, Jumhpawk
James Lum Dau, the KIOs Deputy In-charge of Foreign Affairs based in Bangkok, Thailand told
Kachin News Group, two days before the Ruili, (also Shweli) meeting.
An attempt at negotiating peace failed in August and there were no feelers for three months after the
government broke the 17-year ceasefire and started a fresh war against the KIO on June 9 this year.
The talks failed because the government offered peace negotiations with the KIO on the basis of the
2008 Constitution, which will mean the KIO needs to disarm its military wing the Kachin
Independence Army. However the KIO has been demanding peace talks on the basis of the 1947
Panglong Agreement, which guarantees rights of all minorities in the multiethnic nation.
James Lum Dau made it amply clear by saying that, Now, we will not go for a new peace agreement
with the Burmese government unless government troops withdraw from the KIO areas in Kachin State
and Northern Shan State.
Kachin people abroad and inside the country are concerned over the fresh initiative for peace talks
because the five-decade imbroglio between Kachin and majority Burman-controlled government will
not be solved through dialogue alone.
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Yawdserk:Surrenderisoutofthequestion
Tuesday,29November201117:38S.H.A.N.

In response to the general confusion that has arisen among supporters following his talks with
Naypyitaw special representative U Aung Min on 19 November, Lt-Gen Yawdserk, Chairman of the
Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) had promised that he would neither surrender nor become a
Burma Army-run militia leader, according to sources returning from his Loi Taileng base, opposite
Maehongson.
Many people had equated a ceasefire with surrender or becoming a
regime stooge, said a former resistance leader who had participated
in the Shan New Year festival held there on 25-26 November.
U Aung Min had told Yawdserk as far as Thein Sein government was
concerned, the Border Guard Force (BGF) program to have ceasefire
groups to transform themselves into ethnic units run by Burmese
officers was over.
Gen Yawdserk shaking hands with U Aung Min after the meeting. Behind them are Harn Yawnghwe, and U Tin Maung Than. (Photo:
Tai Freedom)

The program was rejected by all major ceasefire groups: Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),
United Wa State Army (UWSA), New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Shan State Army (SSA)
North. But you may need to consider becoming a Peoples Militia Force (PMF), he said.
Harn Yawnghwe, who was referee-ing the meeting, then reminded U Aung Min: The name Pyithu Sit
(Peoples Militia) has been misused so much, it has become very unpopular.

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As for Yawdserk, he said he didnt have any problem with the one country, one national army stance.
But the Union belongs to the people of all national races and they all have the duty to defend it. What
we would like to know is the role we will have to serve (in the defense of the nation).
To which Aung Min replied, For this, you will have to look up in the constitution, that I didnt take
part in the writing. But if it was written by men, it can be amended by men. If you mean you want to
have a Shan military force, what you can do is to submit it (as a bill) in the parliament.
The two sides agreed to hold a state-level meeting in Taunggyi before the end of the year. The RCSS
has accepted Naypyitaws 4 point First Stage Proposal: ceasefire, opening of liaison offices, freedom of
movement without arms (in Burma Army-controlled territory) and designation of date, time and venue
for the union level meeting.
According to the special envoy, Naypyitaw has planned 3 stages for national reconciliation: ceasefire,
development and a national conference to discuss politics.
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Opinion of Mon nationals will be collected for reunion of two Mon parties
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Ja-Loon Htaw The decision to reunite the two Mon political parties would only be made after a
consensus has been reached by Mon nationals and monks, said All Mon Region Democracy Party
(AMDP) chairman Nai Ngwe Thein also known as Nai Janu Mon. Nai Janu Mon was referencing the
Mon National Democtratic Front (MNDF)
Both parties have previously won seats in past general
elections. The AMDP won 16 seats in the 2010
elections, and the MNDF won five seats in the 1990
general elections. The State Law and Order
Restoration Council (SLORC) infamously did not
honor the results of the 1990 elections in which the
National League for Democracy (NLD) won in a
landslide vote.
Our party has already decided to reunite the two
parties. However, what are the opinions of Mon nationals and senior monks? Within the course of the
coming month, their opinions will be collected. The decision will be made in December, Nai Janu
Mon told the Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA). If the two parties decide to reunite, the name of
the new party will be determined in the following meeting, continued Nai Janu Mon.
A seven member committee formed at an AMDP meeting held on November 27th has been delegated
the task of collating the opinions of Mon nationals and monks. These will be collected primarily in
Mon and Karen States as well as the Rangoon, Pague and Tesniserium Divisions where Mon nationals
reside.
The Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF) released a declaration on November 20th stating that
whilst they are considering re-registering, they will cooperate with any political party who has mutual
belief and opinion.
The MNDF have declared that as they were in cooperation with the United Nationalities League for
Democracy (UNLD) and the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), only after analyzing the current
political situation, would they decide whether to re-register the party. The MNDF are primarily
concerned with obtaining benefits for the Mon people and the country as a whole.
In a recent meeting with UNLD and UNA on November 16, most ethnic (groups) declared that they
have decided not to re-register as the government has yet to release all political prisoners currently
imprisoned. In response, MNDF have stated that they will continue to discuss this issue.
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ClintoninS.KoreaAheadofHistoricBurmaVisit
VOANews,November29,2011

Secretary of state to meet Wednesday with

President Lee Myung-bak and attend opening of
international forum on global aid in Busan
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton has arrived in South Korea on the first leg
of a two-nation tour that includes the first visit to
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Burma by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years.

Photo: AP
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton boards plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Nov. 28, 2011.

Clinton meets Wednesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and attends the opening of a
key international forum on global aid in the port city of Busan, before traveling to Burma later in the
day for her landmark three-day visit.
U.S. President Barack Obama said earlier this month he was sending Clinton to Burma in response to
what he called "flickers of progress" from the new, nominally civilian Burmese government, which
took office earlier this year after more than four decades of military rule.
Obama cited steps by Burma to open a dialogue with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the
release of some political prisoners and a general opening of the country's political environment. He said
Clinton will explore what the U.S. can do to support progress on political reform, human rights and
national reconciliation in Burma.
It is the most significant U.S. policy move on Burma in years. The U.S. and other western nations
imposed sanctions on the military government in response to its widespread human rights abuses and
failure to enact democratic reforms.
A Burmese presidential aide said that recent developments in diplomatic ties could lead to the end of
U.S. sanctions against Burma. The aide also cited exchanges of visits by officials from both countries.
Obama said Burma can forge a new relationship with Washington if it continues down the road of
democratic reform, but warned of continued sanctions if the government fails to do that.
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Obama, Clinton Gamble On Burma

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, November 29, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP)The Obama
administration is taking a foreign policy gamble by sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a historic
trip to Burma.
The administration is betting that the first visit to the
country by a secretary of state in more than half a
century will pay dividends, including loosening
Chinese influence in a region where the US and its
allies are wary of China's rise.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves prior to

boarding her airplane at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday
before her departure to South Korea and Burma.

But it will also gauge the Burmese government's baby

steps toward democratic reform after 50 years of military rule that saw brutal crackdowns on prodemocracy activists, including the detention of opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu
Kyi.

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Clinton leaves Washington on Monday and will spend two days in Burma after a stop in South Korea. After
talks with government officials in Naypyidaw on Thursday, she will see Suu Kyi on Friday in a meeting that
will likely be the highlight of the visit.
Suu Kyi, who intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections, has welcomed Clinton's trip and told
President Barack Obama in a phone call earlier this month that engagement with the government would be
positive. Clinton has called Suu Kyi a personal inspiration.
The trip is the first major development in US-Burmese relations in decades and comes after the Obama
administration launched a new effort to prod reforms in 2009 with a package of carrot-and-stick incentives.
The rapprochement sped up when Burma held elections last year that brought a new government to power
that pledged greater openness. The administration's special envoy to Burma has made three trips to the
country in the past three months, and the top US diplomat for human rights has made one.
Those officials pushed for Clinton to make the trip, deeming a test of the reforms as worthwhile despite the
risks of backsliding.
President Thein Sein, a former army officer, has pushed forward reforms after Burma experienced decades
of repression under successive military regimes that canceled 1990 elections that Suu Kyi's National League
for Democracy party won.
Last week, Burma's parliament approved a law guaranteeing the right to protest, which had not previously
existed, and improvements have been made in areas such as media and Internet access and political
participation. The NLD, which had boycotted previous flawed elections, is now registered as a party.
But the government that took office in March is still dominated by a military-proxy political party, and
Burma's commitment to democratization and its willingness to limit its close ties with China are uncertain.
Corruption runs rampant, hundreds of political prisoners are still jailed and violent ethnic conflicts
continue in the country's north and east. And, although the government suspended a controversial Chinese
dam project earlier this year, China laid down a marker ahead of Clinton's trip by sending its vice president
to meet the head of Burma's armed forces.
China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Vice President Xi Jinping pledged to maintain strong ties
with Burma and encouraged Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to push for solutions to unspecified challenges in
relations.
Burma also remains subject to tough sanctions that prohibit Americans and US companies from most
commercial transactions in the country.
US officials say Clinton's trip is a fact-finding visit and will not result in an easing of sanctions. But officials
also say that such steps could be taken if Burma proves itself to be serious about reform.

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22554

WhatisdrivingclosertiesbetweentheU.S.andBurma?
Monday,28November201116:31SalaiZ.T.Lian

(Commentary) Since the new Burmese government was inaugurated in March 2011, it began a
reform process by meeting with opposite leader Aung San Suu Kyi, releasing about 200 political
prisoners, securing the chair The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2014, relaxing
media censorship somewhat, forming the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC),
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engaging in talk with non-cease-fire ethnic armed groups, and amending the political party registration
laws.
US President Barack Obama, left, stands by Burma's President
Thein Sein, right, as they participate in the East Asia Summit family
photo, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
summit in Indonesia on November 19, 2011. Photo: AFP
In reality, these unexpected changes surprised most Burma
observers including opposition groups. In return, the government
desperately wants to receive positive recognition from domestic
opposite groups and Western countries particularly the U.S. which
has been a long-standing critic. It wants a regular relationship with
the U.S. and an end to Western sanctions.
Recently, it has gained positive responses from President Barrack
Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Obama announced this month that he
would send Secretary Hillary Clinton to Burma, and the U.S. is open to forging a new relationship with
Burma. She is set to meet with President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw in December, and to meet with
opposite leader Suu Kyi in Yangon.
Ban Ki-moon also said that he received an invitation to visit from President Thein Sein.
The Burmese government will likely urge Clinton to end sanctions against Burma, and to officially
recognize the countrys name as Myanmar. Her visit will lend credit to the new government on the
domestic and international scene, sending a strong message that Burma is starting to open up.
China will probably send one of its top officials to Burma soon in order to respond to Clintons visit. In
a recent press conference, Lower House Speaker Thura Shwe Man said that Burmas relationship with
the U.S. would not affect its ties with China. The competition between China and the U.S. can
positively impact the development of Burma, if the Burmese government manages it well.
Regardless of the governments poor performance on human rights, justice and ethnic minority affairs,
the U.S. wants to get more involved in the process of democratic change through encouraging tactics
instead of condemning and isolating the government. At the same, it will continue to urge it to speed up
the reform process and to improve its human rights record. The first priority to establish better ties with
Burma is likely to counter the rise of China in Southeast Asia. In fact, Burma is struggling to get out
from its total dependence on China economically and politically.
The reality of the U.S. foreign policy change towards Burma is because of its national interests. That
doesnt mean that it is not concerned about Burma. But it means it will advocate change in Burma,
even though it puts its national interests first in dealing with the government rather than human rights,
national reconciliation or the release of all political prisoners in Burma. In fact, the ties between the
two countries could push the process of change in Burma politically and economically in the right
direction.
The two countries must first a develop friendship and trust, and then the matters of regional security,
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bilateral economic cooperation and the end of economic sanctions will follow. They both are seeking to
grab this diplomatic opportunity to forge better ties which can benefit both countries.
http://www.mizzima.com/edop/commentary/6228whatisdrivingclosertiesbetweentheusandburma.html

Clinton told to spotlight ethnic abuse

By DVB
Published: 29 November 2011
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must press the Burmese government on ongoing violations by its
troops in the countrys border regions when she arrives tomorrow for the most senior-level US visit to
Burma in more than half a century, an alliance of ethnic parties has stated.
U.S. President Barack Obama opens a door for Hillary Clinton after a
statement on Burma in Nusa Dua earlier this month (Reuters)

Clinton is tipped to meet with Burmese government officials

and the National League for Democracy during her two days in
the country. The US has praised the slew of reforms enacted by
the new government since March, but various observers have
warned that state-sanctioned human rights violations persist.
A letter destined for Clinton was penned yesterday by the 12member United Nationalities Alliance, which urges the
Secretary of State not to be distracted by the political face of recent progress in Burma.
It says that in the border regions, where ethnic armies continue to battle government forces, women
including teenagers and [the elderly] were raped, villages were burnt down, destroyed and ransacked
[and] villagers were forced to serve as porters.
It spotlights the ongoing and grisly by-products of conflicts that have flared in the past year, resulting
in tens of thousands of refugees, but which still receive little international attention.
The letter also calls on Clinton to push for the release of Burmas estimated 1,700 political prisoners,
an issue seen as a key obstacle to the west dropping sanctions on the country.
Among the signatories were the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, the Zomi National
Congress and the Mon National Democratic Front party, all of whom competed in the 1990 elections.
All armed conflicts must stop immediately, the letter continued, urging peace talks between the
government and armed groups. Those peace negotiations must be proper, responsible, systematic and
transparent by both sides.
The details of Clintons visit have been kept vague, although she is likely to meet with the somewhat
reclusive President Thein Sein, as well as Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday before she flies out.
It follows three visits by US envoy Derek Mitchell since September, with Washington seeking to gauge
the extent of reforms, likely in a bid to build stronger ties with Burma as it looks to stem Chinas
influence in the country.
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Much of the rhetoric coming out of Washington in the build up to the trip has praised the political
reforms, which have included amendments to laws criminalising trade unions and peaceful protest, and
urged a wholesale political prisoner amnesty.
Little space however has been dedicated to analysing the violence against ethnic minorities, despite it
being an equally crucial component of Burmas political malaise.
Sai Lek, spokesperson of the SNLD, said: Mainly, we aim to make Mrs Clinton and her delegation
aware during their visit that the developments occurring in Burma are not as obvious as everyone is
saying, and that there arent any concrete changes yet.
http://www.dvb.no/news/clinton-told-to-spotlight-ethnic-abuse/18971
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US Lawmakers Urge Clinton to Maintain Pressure on Burma

By LALIT K JHA Tuesday, November 29, 2011

WashingtonUS lawmakers said today that the visit by

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burmawhich
begins on Wednesdayis significant, but the US must
continue to pressure the countrys new government with
respect to such issues as conflicts and human rights
abuses in ethnic areas and military ties with North
Korea.
President Barack Obama hosts a summit meeting, with European
Union leaders, on Nov 28 at the White House in Washington.
(Photo: AP)

This visit is a significant and major move, said

Congressman Joseph Crowley, a member of the US House of Representatives and a leading lawmaker on Burma
related issues.
I hope President Obama and Secretary Clintons outreach to Aung San Suu Kyi and efforts to keep the global
stage focused on the fight for democracy in Burma will propel the Burmese military to put an immediate end to
the ongoing human rights abuses, including brutal attacks against ethnic minorities and unjustified imprisonment
of political leaders, said Crowley, who had been a sponsor of legislation to extend US sanctions on Burma.
Congressman Ed Royce, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
and a senior member of the Asia Subcommittee, said that any stepped-up US engagement with Burmese leaders
should be outweighed by engagement with civil society leaders and the Burmese people through Radio Free Asia
broadcasts and other programs.
Its them who will form the backbone of any productive relationship with the US, not brutal and corrupt
generals, Royce said. "Burmas rulers have traded their military uniforms for suits and ties. There have been
some minor signs of progress in a country that for decades has been one of the most repressive on the planet.
But it was only a few years ago when Burmas military junta refused US aid for the victims of Cyclone Nargis,
as some 150,000 Burmese died. I wonder how much has changed in three years? Royce said, adding that while
Burmas leaders have spoken of reform, the US must see tangible change.
By making this trip, Secretary Clinton now has an obligation to truly test whether Burmas regime is willing to
develop a democratic political system, free political prisoners, and protect basic human rights, he said.
Royce said that tangible change would also include the removal of the regimes veil of secrecy with respect to
Burmas relationship with North Korea.
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There have been too many reports that Burma has increased its military cooperation with North Korea, possibly
on nuclear technologies, as well as on long-range missiles and underground bunkers, Royce said, noting that he
has raised this with issue with Obama Administration officials and would expect that this important national
security issue take high priority in the Clintons discussions.
A similar demand has been made by Senator Richard Lugar, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
The sincerity with which a wide range of reforms has been promised by the Burmese government must be
judged by whether the words are followed by actions, Lugar said. Missing from the long list of good intentions
has been reference to the growing relationship between North Korea and Burma, and close cooperation between
their two militaries. North Korea is believed to be continuing development of its nuclear, biological and
chemical weapons programs.
Over five years ago, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was informed and subsequently advised US
officials of Burmas reported intention to develop nuclear weapons in coordination with North Korea.
An early goal of the tentative US re-engagement with Burma should be full disclosure of the extent and intent of
the developing Burmese nuclear program, Lugar said.
A group of US NGOs urged Clinton to press the Burmese leadership on real democratic reforms in the country
and the release of all political prisoners.
As a leader known for advocating smart power, you will have the opportunity during your visit to Burma,
meeting with both government and opposition leaders, to strengthen Burmas democracy activists and ethnic
minorities and remind the Burmese government of the consequences that will follow from a failure to cooperate
with Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic nationality leaders and all stakeholders of Burmas democracy movement, the
NGO group said in a letter to Clinton.
When you meet with President Thein Sein, you should intensify the consistent calls made by the international
community for the Burmese government to (1) immediately release all remaining political prisoners
unconditionally; (2) start meaningful political dialogue with democratic opposition and ethnic representatives for
real national reconciliation and the creation of democratic systems that will guarantee democracy, human rights,
rule of law, independence of judiciary, and ethnic minority rights; and (3) end civil wars peacefully and allow
international humanitarian organizations to have unhindered access to the populations affected by civil wars and
natural disasters, the letter said.
The signatories to the letter to Clinton were the Citizens for Global Solutions, Connect US Fund, Democracy
Coalition Project, Freedom House, Freedom Now, Human Rights First, Jacob Blaustein Institute for the
Advancement of Human Rights, Open Society Foundations, Partners Relief & Development, Physicians for
Human Rights, United to End Genocide, and the US Campaign for Burma. Theodore Piccone of the Brookings
Institution signed the letter in his personal capacity.
While acknowledging that the new Burmese government has initiated changes in the country, the NGOs noted
that many of the Burmese governments recent democratic reforms are easily reversible at any time.
To date, President Thein Sein has not changed or is unable to change the Burmese armys actions against the
countrys ethnic minority population, the NGOs said.
The letter alleged that in the past seven months, there has been a surge in human rights violations committed by
the Burmese army in ethnic minority areas, including the largest forced displacement in a decade of over
100,000 new internally displaced persons, renewed armed conflict with three separate decades-old ethnic
ceasefire groups in Kachin and Shan States, and increases in the use of rape as a weapon of war, forced labor,
and the use of civilians as human shields.
This is in addition to decades of attacks against ethnic minority civilians resulting in the displacement and
destruction of over 3,700 villages, more than 2 million refugees and over 500,000 internally displaced persons,
the letter said.
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Observing that Clintons trip to Burma is a historic one, the NGOs hoped that the Burmese government will take
the visit seriously and respond positively to this gesture by breaking from its past practice of manipulating and
politicizing high-level visits in its favor.
Since Burmas military regime put on the veneer of a civilian government earlier this year, President Thein Sein
has also shown an interest in engaging with the United States, the letter said, adding that in an effort to exhibit
his interest in a better relationship with the United States, Thein Sein agreed to key demands by the US by
meeting with Suu Kyi, releasing a small number of political prisoners and amending the political party
registration law to allow former political prisoners, especially Suu Kyi, to be part of a political party and
participate in elections.
The NGOs urged Clinton to publicly call upon the Burmese government to expand its movements towards
democratic reform by repealing all laws and policies that allow for the arrest and imprisonment of political
prisoners and creating a credible mechanism to investigate the torture and death of political prisoners.
Clinton was also urged to call on the Burmese government to work with the Union Election Commission to
ensure that the recent electoral law changes are impartially enforced, former political prisoners can fully
participate in the political process and the upcoming by-elections are held in a participatory, inclusive and
transparent manner that is monitored by reputable international election observers.
The NGOs urged Clinton to press Burma to enact and meaningfully enforce laws protecting freedom of
expression, assembly and association that go beyond Article 354 of the 2008 Constitution, which subordinates
the freedoms of expression, assembly and association to laws enacted for country security, prevalence of law and
order, community peace and tranquility or public order and morality.
In addition, a US Congress created body urged Clinton to raise the issue of religious freedom in Burma when she
meets the countrys top official, in particular those of religious minorities and other ethnic communities.
After almost fifty years of brutal military rule, there may be flickers of progress occurring in Burma, as
President Obama recently stated. We note, however, that serious human rights violations continue to occur
daily in Burma and any recent positive steps can easily be reversed, said Leonard Leo, chairman of the US
Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in a letter to Clinton.
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