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And, why?
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Every year on June 20, we honor the resilience and courage of refugees and celebrate their contributions to our communities and to our entire nation.
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Uniting Los Angeles Muslims and Jews in Support of the Rohingya
Photo: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
The article was one of the most disturbing pieces of journalism I had read in a long while. Published in Reuters online by brave journalists who have subsequently been jailed for their reporting, it described in graphic detail