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Voice of America
February 21, 2018
It's a massacre,' tweeted Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. What is happening in eastern Ghouta has been compared to Russia's 1994 assault on Grozny, the capital of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya. A comparison has also been drawn to the 1995 SrebrenicaÃÂ ...
Ahval
February 19, 2018
"I see a government that is afraid of its people," says Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, speaking about the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government. "If it was a self-confident government, and if there were any validity to the so-called terrorist threat, the TurkishÃÂ ...
Ahval
February 19, 2018
"I see a government that is afraid of its people," says Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, speaking about the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government. "If it was a self-confident government, and if there were any validity to the so-called terrorist threat, the TurkishÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 31, 2018
HRW executive director Kenneth Roth said in a statement that the annual award celebrates the valor of people who "work tirelessly and courageously to stand up for justice, often in the face of danger and at great personal sacrifice." The statement described Al-Dosari as a prominent human rights activist,ÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
January 30, 2018
“The Alison Des Forges Award honors people who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to defending the dignity and rights of others,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “The honorees work tirelessly and courageously to stand up for justice, often in the face ofÃÂ ...
NPR
January 27, 2018
So as of last month, authorities are allowed to carry out ID checks inside emergency shelters. The measure has provoked outrage from humanitarian leaders. Kenneth Roth is the director of Human Rights Watch. KENNETH ROTH: Nobody should use an emergency shelter as a place to enforce the law.
bellingcat
January 7, 2018
The fourth and last tweet is a screenshot of a now deleted tweet of Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, saying “With no option for voting out their supremes leader, Iranians take to the streets to press him to resign.” However, the attached photo shows that it is a pro-, not an anti-government, rally inÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
January 7, 2018
On Friday, however, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said his country had not signed such a deal, calling the claims "fake news" in response to a Twitter post by Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "Rwanda has no deal whatsoever with Israel to host any AfricanÃÂ ...
The National
January 4, 2018
The report, published by the non-profit Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), is perhaps the most extensive study into the use of the indiscriminate crude weapon ... Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch noted on Twitter that the barrel bombs were “good mainly for killing civilians”.
Gatestone Institute
December 28, 2017
During the Q&A period -- at the end of his "conversation" with David Sanger of the New York Times -- he was asked by Human Rights Watch (HRW) director Kenneth Roth whether he would "speak out against [Pakistan's] blasphemy law, and certainly about [its] harsh application...with death sentences andÃÂ ...
The Independent
December 21, 2017
Philippe Bolopion, deputy director for Global Advocacy at Human Rights Watch (HRW), described Mr Hussein as “a beacon of moral clarity” and said it was “sad to see he felt that he had no other choice but to step down at the end of his first mandate to protect the integrity of his voice”. Kenneth Roth, theÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 13, 2017
Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, said that “the sad irony is that Trump's greatest harm to human rights may not be his infatuation with abusive strongmen but his undermining of the fact-based discourse that is essential for reining them in.” He added: “In countries where theÃÂ ...
AlterNet
December 13, 2017
It was not until after AlterNet contacted Human Rights Watch with a request for comment on its total silence that the rights organization finally spoke out. Until December 11, two weeks after the election, neither HRW nor its longtime executive director Kenneth Roth had released statements condemning theÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
December 9, 2017
The Philippines' serious human rights lapses have not escaped the notice of Human Rights Watch, which listed at least 4,800 killed in the Philippines' antidrug campaign in its World Report 2017. When HRW executive director Kenneth Roth noted the dangerous rise of populism in various countries, theÃÂ ...
Philippine Star
December 9, 2017
Palabay said their protest rally on Saturday is just a prelude to bigger demonstrations on Sunday, December 10, in celebration of Human Rights Day. ... “This is a crucial time to spotlight the universal principles and values of the human rights movement,” HRW executive director Kenneth Roth said.
Deutsche Welle
December 9, 2017
During a video talk marking the publication of the World Report 2017 from Human Rights Watch (HRW), HRW executive director Kenneth Roth said that the global rise of populist politicians exacerbated the already grave situation: "They all have in common the claim to speak for the majority, and to claimÃÂ ...
Pakistan Observer (blog)
October 31, 2017
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) in one of the papers ... The Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth has called the Indian ...
http://hamodia.com
October 23, 2017
“Mugabe corruption decimates Zimbabwe health care,” tweeted the head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth. Two dozen organizations ...
Chicago Tribune
October 22, 2017
Health and human rights leaders chimed in. ... decimates Zimbabwe health care," tweeted the head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth.
News24
October 21, 2017
... of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, in a reference to the satirical ... deeply concerned" and citing his "long track record of human rights ...
AllAfrica.com
October 19, 2017
MP Ruku Rwabyoma described Kenneth Roth, the long-serving executive director of Human Rights Watch, as an "anti-Rwanda propandandist"Â ...
The New Times
October 16, 2017
Mr Johnson's book, “The Travesty of Human Rights Watch on ... autocracy of Kenneth Roth whose vendetta against today's Rwanda and its ...
La Croix International
October 11, 2017
Kenneth Roth, of Human Rights Watch, asked Abbasi whether he would speak out against the blasphemy law under which Nadeem James ...
International Rivers (blog)
October 10, 2017
Caio Borges of Conectas Human Rights, an NGO that supports ... Aryeh Neier, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth, and ...
International Rivers (blog)
October 10, 2017
Caio Borges of Conectas Human Rights, an NGO that supports ... Aryeh Neier, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth, and ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
September 19, 2017
Human Rights Watch investigations and a Radio France Internationale report suggest government responsibility for the double murder.
The Manila Times
September 18, 2017
Last week, Kenneth Roth, the director of Human Rights Watch, an international non-government organization that conducts research andÃÂ ...
New York Times
September 17, 2017
“It shows Trump engaging with the U.N. rather than bombing it from afar,” added Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
Daily News Egypt
September 10, 2017
In April, human rights experts urged Congress to consider reducing aid to ... After the move, HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth tweeted onÃÂ ...
Tibet Post International
September 10, 2017
Dharamshala — The international advocacy group Human Rights ... on China,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
Forward
September 9, 2017
A few weeks ago, Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), tweeted about Israel. “Many rights activists condemnÃÂ ...
The New Times
August 16, 2017
The timing of the unsubstantiated and recycled human rights abuse ... Kenneth Roth, as serving political interest rather than human rightsÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 12, 2017
But then there is Kenneth Roth, a member of an emerging species of ... of the most authentic fight for human rights that Rwanda Patriotic ArmyÃÂ ...
The New York Review of Books
August 11, 2017
Twenty-year-old Alexis G. was deported in June to Mexico, a country he barely knows. He told Human Rights Watch researchers whoÃÂ ...
Jackson Hole News&Guide
August 8, 2017
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, is visiting Jackson ... His talk today at Teton County Library, “Human Rights Watch:ÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
August 4, 2017
On Friday, Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Twitter mocked a post by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth,ÃÂ ...
WTHR
August 4, 2017
On Friday, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Twitter mocked a post by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth, whoÃÂ ...
The Spokesman-Review
August 4, 2017
On Friday, Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo on Twitter mocked a post by Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth,ÃÂ ...
New Statesman
December 31, 1999
... International adopting a policy of blanket decriminalisation of the sex trade, Kenneth Roth, director of Human Rights Watch, tweeted: "All wantÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
“China's crackdown on human rights activists is the most severe since ... 25 years ago,” Kenneth Roth, the director of the agency, Human RightsÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
March 24, 2017
As the head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, said, "if there is a crisis, it is one of politics, not capacity".
The New York Review of Books
March 21, 2017
He dispatched me with relish to places that few Americans think much about; pushed me to think hard and deep about ethnic strife, the abuses of dictatorships, human rights, and the challenge of radical Islam, and gave me ample space to explore thoseÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
March 19, 2017
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, has written that Trump's election has brought the world to "the verge of darkness" and threatens to "reverse the accomplishments of the modern human rights movement." This threat is not new. The ...
Normangee Star
March 18, 2017
And Kenneth Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch which didn't sign the letter, said, "If the Trump administration is genuinely committed to human rights rather than just making a political statement on behalf of Israel, it would have the courage to ...
Albany Times Union
March 15, 2017
And Kenneth Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch which didn't sign the letter, said, "If the Trump administration is genuinely committed to human rights rather than just making a political statement on behalf of Israel, it would have the courage to ...
TRT World
March 11, 2017
Hutchinson "is justifying a state-sanctioned killing spree driven by the use-by date stamped on a bottle," the New York Times said, calling the decision "absurd.
The Standard
March 10, 2017
Hutchinson "is justifying a state-sanctioned killing spree driven by the use-by date stamped on a bottle," the New York Times editorialized, calling the decision "absurd.
U.S. News & World Report
March 10, 2017
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, accused mainstream parties of not standing up to populists ahead of elections in the Netherlands, Germany and France, but instead adopting their policies for short-term political gain.
Valley News
March 10, 2017
Less than two months in, President Donald Trump is already shaping up as a disaster for human rights. From his immigration ban to his support for torture, Trump has jettisoned what has long been, in theory if not always in practice, a bipartisan ...
The Phnom Penh Post
March 9, 2017
Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, has written that Trump's election has brought the world to "the verge of darkness" and threatens to "reverse the accomplishments of the modern human rights movement". But this threat is not new.
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