International Human Rights Lawyer Jared Genser

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This week, the world has watched as the US captured a foreign head of state, boarded oil tankers, and threatened military action against more countries. International human rights lawyer Jared Genser has extensive experience working against dictatorships and has been called "the extractor" for his work freeing political prisoners. He joins Christiane from DC to make sense of all of this. Also on today's show: actor Ethan Hawke; reporters/authors Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.4	This approach cannot be something that becomes the norm under international law.
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