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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| 16034 | Sun Jan 06 12:02:15 EST 2019 | David Pear | Tampa, FL , US | Tell HRW to stop demonizing Venezuela without at least mentioning that the country has been under horrendous US economic sanctions, political isolation and covert terrorist attacks. |
| 16033 | Sat Jun 16 11:43:52 EDT 2018 | Anonymous | Philadelphia, PA , US | |
| 16032 | Mon Apr 16 00:07:12 EDT 2018 | Anonymous | Arlington , TX , US | |
| 16031 | Mon Apr 02 11:40:20 EDT 2018 | Robert Goldstein | New York, NY , US | |
| 16030 | Tue Mar 27 14:45:34 EDT 2018 | Catherine Hart | Mt. Airy, MD , US | |
| 16029 | Mon Oct 30 11:26:24 EDT 2017 | Gen Agustsson | redonod beach, CA , US | |
| 16028 | Thu May 04 08:52:50 EDT 2017 | Anonymous | Fort Belvoir, VA , US | |
| 16027 | Tue Jan 17 13:15:24 EST 2017 | Anonymous | Pompano Beach, FL , US | |
| 16026 | Mon Nov 14 18:09:36 EST 2016 | Jennifer Rose | Morristown, NJ , US | |
| 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 |
