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Kenneth Roth
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Former Human Rights Watch executive director (1993-2022). Now visiting professor, Princeton University, SPIA. My new book, "Righting Wrongs" (Knopf/Allen Lane).
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Mar 1, 2025
    This isn't the first time the US government stood on the wrong side of an essential human rights challenge. In my new book, "Righting Wrongs," I explain how the human rights movement repeatedly circumvented and overcame US obstruction. We can do it again.
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    Righting Wrongs by Kenneth Roth: 9780593686973 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
    From the long-time head of Human Rights Watch, the fascinating and inspiring story of taking on the biggest villains and toughest autocrats around the world “A remarkable book that will...
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Sep 2, 2025
    Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Traffickers must be arrested, not summarily executed, which U.S. forces just illegally did.
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    Sep 2, 2025
    WATCH: The U.S. military destroyed a Venezuelan drug boat in international waters with 11 Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists aboard, the Trump admin says.
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Aug 10, 2025
    Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah criticised UEFA's tribute to the late Suleiman Al-Obeid, known as the "Palestinian Pele," for failing to say that he was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza.
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    'Tell us how he died': Salah criticises UEFA tribute to 'Palestinian Pele'
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Nov 14, 2023
    Credibility: The Israeli army said it had targeted “a suspicious vehicle containing several terrorists” The only people in the car were three girls, ages 14, 12, and 10, their grandmother, and their mother. All were killed except the mother. hrw.org/news/2023/11/1…
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    Kenneth Roth
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    May 13, 2023
    Too clever by half, @elonmusk just gave away the store. By making clear that he prioritizes @twitter's presence in a country over the platform's free-speech principles, he has invited endless censorship demands. To gain compliance, governments will just threaten to expel Twitter.
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Sep 16, 2020
    The Swedish clothing giant H&M cuts all ties with its Chinese supplier in Xinjiang due to alleged use of the forced labor of Uighur Muslims--a serious threat for any company operating from Xinjiang. H&M won't source any more cotton from Xinjiang. trib.al/C2RzYFr
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    Kenneth Roth
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    May 28, 2023
    Where is Pakistani TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan? He was arrested by airport police in Punjab. Is he dead or alive? Why will Pakistani authorities not produce him? minutemirror.com.pk/is-journalist-…
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Mar 20, 2018
    Sad thing is it's hard to decide which side's lack of women is less surprising.
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Sep 5, 2020
    The fearmongers were wrong. Five years since Merkel admitted 1M refugees, they have largely been a success story, judging by their employment, mastery of the language, university attendance, and integration. The predicted violence came from the far right. trib.al/3yVRFiK
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    Kenneth Roth
    @KenRoth
    Sep 3, 2025
    Former Philippine President Duterte is in custody in The Hague, having been charged by the International Criminal Court for ordering the summary execution of alleged drug traffickers. Trump just ordered the summary execution of 11 alleged drug traffickers.
    U.S. President Donald Trump replies to a question during an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
    US military kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Nov 11, 2023
    Among Israel's 146 criminal investigations since Oct 7 for speech offenses: A man posted on Instagram “The eye weeps for the residents of Gaza.” "40 minutes later, 20 police officers came to his house to arrest him for supporting a terrorist organization."
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    Israeli Civil and Human Rights Degrade in a Time of War - The American Prospect
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Aug 25, 2022
    Pakistan: An immediate, independent, transparent investigation is needed into allegations that Shahbaz Gill, a senior official with the opposition party Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), was beaten and otherwise tortured in custody, says @hrw. hrw.org/news/2022/08/2…
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    Kenneth Roth
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    Mar 18, 2017
    Says it all.
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    Kenneth Roth
    @KenRoth
    Jun 4, 2023
    It is the date the Beijing would like us all to forget: June 4. But we remember: Tiananmen Square, 1989.
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