Least forty people. The un says saudi led ass strikes killed sixty eight yemeni civilians on choose day including fourteen people from just one family. Targeted in their homes schools and playgrounds unicef warns that attacks on children have reached shocking levels. And President Trump lambaste china on twitter saying its being course right handed allowing oil into north korea. Time Tatiana Sanchez with the day sports news including saudi arabia i knocked out of the gulf cup i have all those details and later on in the pipeline. We begin in afghanistan where suicide bombers have stormed a shia Cultural Center and news agency in the Afghan Capital killing at least forty people another eighty four people were wounded many of them suffering burns the attack came as a Center Hosted a Panel Discussion on the anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan eisel has claimed responsibility now to reports. Explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. Its become
Welcome. Thank you all for being here. My name is Margaret Long hwong. We are very honored to welcome our colleagues across the globe and our secretary general for the very first time. Were launching amnesty human rightss report from in the United States. Its year the team of expert researchers puts together the report to document, statebystate, the situation of human rights around the world. With 159 countries and this years report, we have been able to identify some very common themes that we are seeing across the globe. Is the worrying rise in state sponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. A more promising fame, is that we are also seeing rising levels of activism. That is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. I am very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from the Global Human Rights movement who are all ready to talk about the report and the important work that Amnesty International is doing. First, ou
This report to document state by state the situation of human rights around the world. With more than come with 159 countries in this years report we have been able to identify some very common themes that were seeing across the globe. One of these is the worrying rise in state sponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. But a more promising theme is that we are also seeing rising levels of activism, which is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. Im very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from the Global Human Rights movement who are all ready to talk about the report and the important work that Amnesty International is doing. First, are secretarygeneral, salil shetty would give an overview of the report and the key themes that amnesty is highlighting this year. Next my colleague erika gueverarosas who is the americas director for amnesty, will speak to some of the human rights themes in our hemisphere inclu
Welcome, thank you all for being here. My name is margaret huong. Im the executive director of Amnesty International usa, and we are very honored today to welcome our colleagues from across the globe, and particularly our secretary general, for the for first time we are launching Amnesty Internationals human rights report here in the United States. Each year, amnestys International Team of experts and researchers puts together this report to document state by state the situation of human rights around the world. With more than with 159 countries in this years report, weve been able to identify some very common themes that were seeing across the globe. One of these is the worrying rise in statesponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. But a more promising theme is that were also seeing rising levels of activism, which is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. Im very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from t
Will allow these banks to comply with unnecessary requirements, many of which were designed to police much larger entities and more time infusing their communities in local Small Businesses with capital. Its also the start of Small Business week. Today ivanka trump will be participating in a conversation that the United States institute of peace with sva all right. Linda mcmahon and the Vice President will deliver remarks to the national Small Business week awards Program Later this afternoon. Back to the president s schedule, after speaking with the Community Bankers members, the president had lunch with Vice President pence, secretary of state tillerson, and secretary of defense mattis as well as National Security adviser mcmaster before meeting separately with secretary tillerson. I also want to mention this morning that fema held a Severe Weather coordination call to discuss impacts on the remaining threat for continued Severe Weather across portions of the southwest to the mississ