CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In news from overseas, United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson is getting a firsthand look at the fallout from the fighting in Chechnya. Russia launched its attack on the region some six months ago and now Robinson is investigating reports of human rights abuses. CNN's Steve Harrigan has more on her trip.</s>STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After weeks of delay by the Russian government, Mary Robinson finally made it to the war in Chechnya.</s>MARY ROBINSON, U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: It is true that I would have liked to have come sooner, but I'm pleased that I now have the opportunity to come and I will do my best to have a very full visit.</s>HARRIGAN: Enraged refugees struggled with Russian security, desperate to have a word with the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights. More than 200,000 Chechens who fled the fighting have taken refuge here in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. Many, like this woman, with stories of atrocities committed by Russian forces. The visit comes at a time when many in the Russian military are calling not for talk, but for revenge. The bodies of 32 Russian policemen were discovered in southern Chechnya Saturday, victims of an ambush. A similar ambush killed 22 policemen in the town of Sergiev Posad. The setbacks in the mountainous southern part of Chechnya come just days after the Russian military said all organized resistance by the rebels had been destroyed. Steve Harrigan, CNN, Moscow.
U.N. Human Rights Chief Gets Firsthand Look at Chechnya