who is the director of international center for human rights thanks for being with us here on our 2 international. interesting story of how this is all going to be playing out how would you comment on these latest accusations against iran i mean is there any proof that the pictures actually show iranians. well yeah. pretty clear and it's conference that u.s. intelligence that it's iran that attacked a tank areas and now the u.s. government still conclusion to send out missional it wasn't her sunni area it's because the iran iranian regime our. x. . are in this conflict there and they're more for it to congress to send a message to. us and his allies i mean are you saying iran has influence enough in the area has the power to control that area and i don't think that. any other country. was able to do this with a pure mishin of the iranian regime in that region so i don't want to jump to the conclusion that quickly because i don't know the military experience but i would say that it's most likely that it's iran acting anchors now you bring up a good point you said that the pentagon is indeed sendin

for your but i headed monitoring in the autonomous chechen republic the moscow based memorial human rights center he had been serving for years in the in the settlement for possessing marijuana. international observers say sunday's presidential election in cassocks down was tarnished by local a by human rights violations electoral commission says the winner of the vote is that cassim jamaat was handpicked by former president nursultan nazarbayev the election was overshadowed by the arrest of hundreds of opposition protesters. 40 orphaned children a french and dutch jihad this of arrived in their parents' home countries after being flown there from syria the transfer was arranged by french and dutch officials in cooperation with kurdish authorities is the latest bad to read deal with thousands of foreign jihadists and their families stranded in syrian camps. turkey has started to flood down the river tigris today despite criticism from local communities the town of has in southeast turkey is one of the 1st places on the tigris where human settled filling the illusion to elicit a dam will completely submerged the ancient town and its historic ruins thousands of people have been uprooted and

for unaccompanied migrant children jailed in federally-run immigration centers. the move drew condemnation from human rights groups, including amnesty international usa, which wrote -- "it's bad enough that the trump administration is trying to normalize the warehousing of children. it's unconscionable that they would so blatantly try to strip them of their rights. locking up children and then denying them legal aid, education, and even playtime is all part of this administration's cruel efforts to dehumanize people who have come to the u.s. seeking safety." in mexico, police arrested two prominent immigration rights activists wednesday. cristobal sanchez was arrested by six plainclothes police officers outside his home in mexico city and driven away in an unmarked car. and in the border town of sonoyta, sonora, police detained irineo mujica, director of the organization pueblos sin fronteras -- or people without borders. in a statement, the group called both arrests illegal and said the activists were targeted by the mexican government for their humanitarian aid work with asylum seekers. mujica has worked closely with scott warren, a humanitarian aid volunteer w

center for international crime convention which addresses trafficking. if confirmed, would you pledge making human trafficking and sex trafficking a key part of our efforts? ms. craft: anywhere within the u.n. system where there is human rights abuses, human trafficking, i mean, this affects everyone. i give you my word i will be a strong advocate combating human trafficking and any human rights abuses. senator portman: thank you. senator risch: thank you. senator kaine. senator kaine: thank you. i want to congratulate the ambassador on her ambassador. thank you to her hospitality when we went to halifax in november. you will be a strong advocate for human rights in the u.n. system and i appreciated that aspect of our one-on-one discussion. i just want to ask you about the news of today. just the news of today. in january, agnus was appointed the u.n. special on the -- e's the ex-repertoire on extrajudicial summary on executions. she announced she would be leading an investigation into the assassination of saudi citizen virginia, "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. the report came out today. it's damning but not surprising but it mirrors the c.i.a.'s conclusions. i quote, it is the conclusion of the special reperto