Human Rights Watch and U.S.Foreign Policy
from Democracy Now!
Debate: Is Human Rights Watch Too Close to U.S. Gov’t to Criticize Its Foreign Policy?
Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s largest and most influential human rights organizations, is facing an unusual amount of public criticism.
Two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Mairead Maguire, and a group of over 100 scholars have written an open letter criticizing what they describe as a revolving door with the U.S. government that impacts HRW’s work in certain countries, including Venezuela.
The letter urges HRW to bar those who have crafted or executed U.S. foreign policy from serving as staff, advisers or board members.
from Democracy Now!
Debate: Is Human Rights Watch Too Close to U.S. Gov’t to Criticize Its Foreign Policy?
Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s largest and most influential human rights organizations, is facing an unusual amount of public criticism.
Two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Mairead Maguire, and a group of over 100 scholars have written an open letter criticizing what they describe as a revolving door with the U.S. government that impacts HRW’s work in certain countries, including Venezuela.
The letter urges HRW to bar those who have crafted or executed U.S. foreign policy from serving as staff, advisers or board members.
