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Yemen preventing a resolution to the blockade of qatar, and jailing and torture of dissidents and activists inside kingdom of saudi arabia and the use of frs to intimidate rivals. this resolution was introduced in the senate just one day after a select group of bipartisan senators had a closed door briefing with cia director gina haspel and declared they are confident that the crown prince ordered the murder. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, mon...

Accountable for the murder of "the washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. the resolution blames the crown prince for, quote, contributing to the humanitarian crisis in yemen preventing a resolution to the blockade of qatar, and jailing and torture of dissidents and activists inside kingdom of saudi arabia and the use of frs to intimidate rivals. this resolution was introduced in the senate just one day after a select group of bipartisan senators had a closed door briefing with cia director...

Foreign authoritarians show the jailing of a candidate. jailing hillary clinton may sound more extreme. that is what happened to serve as the first woman to seven as prime minister in ukraine. a putin ally came to power and had her jailed for seven years. it was a violation of human rights, according to experts. her daughter said there was no doubt why she was jailed. >> now the regime cannot say that my mother is not a political prisoner. >> a new putin ally comes to power and seeks the prosecu...

It was sinclair lewis famous warning about how a populist demagogue could win an election on fear and nationalism, and then turn the u.s. toward authoritarianism. anything can happen anywhere. and just because president trump attempted this and was thwarted does not mean this is anywhere near over. the white house lawyer who stopped president trump from the plot is gone from the white house. don mcgahn turned bob mueller witness. while some of the walls may close in on some of the people, there ...

Several times an anchor from fox news has suggested a special counsel looking into something of the clinton organization or campaign. the president seized upon that. brooke, what this is all about is this -- its about having more investigations, more special counsels involved, which could obfuscate the actual special counsels investigation and the russia investigation. thats why the president has talked extensively private live f -- privately for the last year or so about trying to investigate h...

>> danny, talk about the n magnitsky act is how this is related to the khashoggi case. >> it had to do with the jailing of a russian lawyer and its about essentially an embargo we put on russia, but as it relates here, the general idea is that when government officials, when government leaders engage in this kind of behavior, we sanction as a country. you keep in mind this is also a violation of international law there are many other laws that potentially a lie hepply here a have a missing body ...

Absolutely a u.n. investigation or international independent investigation is desperately needed at this point. justice delayed or diminished is still justice denied and we want full justice. the world needs full justice. jamal deserved full justice. >> theres been some reporting over the weekend that, in fact, one of the top white house officials who deals with saudi arabia has, in fact, resigned. what do you think that tells you about the dissent within the upp upper -- >> it sends a message t...

Pence in burma today. pence seek an update from burmas president about the crisis in the country. about 700,000 muslims fled to bangladesh among persecution. pence also making the case for free press following the jailing of two reuters journalists last year. so, we heard about the long lines. you saw the video on your tv screens as you were watching the election at the polling places all across the country last week as turnout was among the highest in more than a century. 49.2% of eligible vote...

A hugely sensitive issue between the two countries or the latest verdict go inside to german economics minister. visit to turkey to what extent could this latest case be another setback in german. what it certainly wont help relations and i think it will be very embarrassing for sure in his visit he spoke about the importance of human rights although he did not name turkey specifically or any concerns in has over turkeys human rights record but this latest jailing of a german citizen is one of a...

Jailed a series of german citizens on charges of being considered political in particular the high profile case of a german journalist and if you tell who was subsequently released but we do seem to be now into a new chapter did host the turkish president. full state visit last month and that is seen as an effort to kickstart a new process of dialogue rather than confrontation but given the given the fact that there is still these outstanding concerns over human rights and this latest conviction...