WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and eight of her Senate colleagues urged U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take strong actions in response to escalating violence and human rights violations committed by Myanmar's military junta as well as the junta's upcoming sham elections. Pointing to increasing instability and a worsening humanitarian crisis fueled by the junta's mass killings, forced displacement of civilians, and persecution of minorities - as the country is still reeling from the destruction caused by a historic earthquake earlier this year - the senators urged Secretary Rubio in a letter to focus on diplomatic efforts to restore stab...