Stop revolving door between Human Rights Watch and U.S. Gov't


Why did Human Rights Watch select a former CIA official (Miguel Díaz) to sit on its advisory committee for eight years?

Human Rights Watch characterizes itself as an "independent, international organization" -- and yet its staff, board of directors and advisory committees boast deep ties to the highest levels of the U.S. government.
Background:
Nobel Peace Laureates to HRW: Close Your Revolving Door to U.S. Government
Keane Bhatt: The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch
Chase Madar: Hawks for Humanity
More Than 100 Latin America Experts Question HRW's Venezuela Report


Before becoming HRW's Washington advocacy director, for example, Tom Malinowski served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton. Now he's President Obama's Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

In 2009 he argued that "under limited circumstances" there was "a legitimate place" for CIA renditions -- the illegal practice of kidnapping and transferring terrorism suspects around the planet. In 2011 he wrote approvingly about Obama's unconstitutional NATO bombing campaign on Libya.

Sign this petition that we will deliver to HRW:

The credibility of a global human-rights organization depends on its independence. Human Rights Watch has done important, critical work, but it can do better. It should implement at least a five-year "cooling-off" period before and after its associates move between HRW and the U.S. government's foreign-policy divisions. Human Rights Watch associates should concentrate on protecting human rights. They should not have conflicts of interest with past or future careers in branches of the U.S. government that may themselves be involved in human-rights violations.

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16025 Wed May 18 23:27:37 EDT 2016 Cory Collins St. John's, NL , CA HRW counsel Reed Brody showed himself to be deaf to common sense
16024 Mon May 16 03:32:55 EDT 2016 jeff hopkins Lindenhurst, IL , US
16023 Thu Jan 07 17:09:26 EST 2016 Anonymous DE
16022 Wed Dec 23 18:03:25 EST 2015 Jeanne Mackay, Marysville, MI , US
16021 Thu Oct 29 14:02:06 EDT 2015 S B Rutland, VT , US
16020 Sun Sep 27 09:16:59 EDT 2015 Wim Van Aelst Aarschot, ot , BE
16019 Fri Sep 04 11:55:12 EDT 2015 Anonymous Santa Monica, CA , US
16018 Sat May 23 23:55:54 EDT 2015 Alexander Gutierrez San Jose , CA , US
16017 Tue Apr 28 01:47:07 EDT 2015 donald kokkonen cambridge, WI , US
16016 Mon Mar 23 17:21:44 EDT 2015 Herman S. Simms, Jr. Detroit, MI , US
16015 Wed Mar 04 22:47:52 EST 2015 Alvena Pauls Abbotsford, BC , CA
16014 Fri Feb 27 00:29:29 EST 2015 Dane Waller Athens, OH , US
16013 Wed Feb 25 08:21:25 EST 2015 Anonymous AU
16012 Mon Feb 16 20:47:18 EST 2015 Marcos Sánchez Salamanca, ot , ES
16011 Tue Jan 06 22:43:46 EST 2015 E B S, WA , US
16010 Sat Dec 27 15:40:46 EST 2014 Daniel Scharaldi palm harbor, FL , US
16009 Mon Dec 22 11:44:44 EST 2014 John Welch Huntington beach, CA , US
16008 Mon Dec 22 00:39:55 EST 2014 Nancy DeVault Hagerstown, MD , US
16007 Fri Dec 19 04:52:54 EST 2014 Anonymous Salt Lake City, UT , US
16006 Sat Nov 29 14:37:17 EST 2014 Bina Israni South San Francisco, CA , US
16005 Sat Nov 15 12:33:45 EST 2014 Kathleen Murphy Newcastle, WA , US
16004 Sat Nov 08 13:00:47 EST 2014 Jelica Roland Buzet, ot , HR
16003 Wed Nov 05 14:29:04 EST 2014 Ulla Nordgren Lund, ot , SE
16002 Wed Nov 05 03:57:03 EST 2014 Sam You San Antonio, TX , US
16001 Mon Nov 03 21:28:48 EST 2014 Mitchell Alexander Overland Park, KS , US
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