Myanmar Junta Persecutes Christians

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW46446798 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW46446798 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">After</span></span> <a class= "Hyperlink SCXW46446798 BCX4" href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/myanmar-crackdown-military-coup/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW46446798 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">a military junta seized power in 2021</span></span></a><span class= "TextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">, the Southeast Asian</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">nation</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">of Myanmar</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">h</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">as seen</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">an escalati</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">o</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">n of</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">violence</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">, ethnic conflict</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4">and religious persecution.</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW46446798 BCX4" href= "https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/myanmar-history-coup-military-rule-ethnic-conflict-rohingya" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW46446798 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">With a long history</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW46446798 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW46446798