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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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. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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With the obstructionist Viktor Orban gone, no longer able to serve as Putin's pawn, Ukraine and Moldova will take a decisive step towards joining the European Union on Monday, as they embark on the first phase of membership negotiations. trib.al/YxxSlZM
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Trump and Putin both resist the idea that ostensibly weaker Iran and Ukraine fought them to a stalemate, so they are now “leaning on negotiations to win the capitulation that they failed to secure in battle.” It isn’t working. trib.al/inQ9fkR
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says the risk that the thousands of Palestinians buried beneath Gaza’s rubble may never be identified is increasing by the day. Israel has blocked the heavy equipment needed for retrieval of bodies. trib.al/mSMRwW2
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As Israel expands its occupation ever further into Lebanon in violation of the supposed ceasefire, it accuses Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire to justify bombing the Beirut suburbs in a last-ditch effort to sabotage a possible US-Iran deal. trib.al/TpALOii
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Autocratically inclined leaders like Putin and Trump are used to people jumping at their orders. They didn’t have a Plan B when Ukraine and Iran refused to jump. trib.al/mZMHLbk
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The Trump administration claims it is not responsible for strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats. Three vessels have been attacked in the eastern Pacific in recent months and eight killed. So who is responsible if not the US military? trib.al/oLRJ5oP
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As a US-Iranian deal seems like it might be closer, Israel predictably bombs the Beirut suburbs, evidently hoping to sabotage the deal. Why does Trump put up with this and continue to arm and fund such obstructionism? trib.al/gpuQvSR
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Even France's far-right leader finds Trump too toxic too want his support. trib.al/r4wRzaB
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The Qatari authorities since March 2026 have ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country. They were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pathway to challenge the orders. trib.al/9tFE7Uq
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Chinese firms got three to eight times more governmental subsidies between 2005 and 2024 than competitors in OECD countries. Some would fail without them: 32% of industrial firms in China lose money. trib.al/9SMyQQp
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Russians' frustration over the Kremlin's curbs on on-line communication – together with rising prices, tax hikes and fatigue with the invasion of Ukraine – are widely believed to have contributed to Putin's falling approval ratings. trib.al/RhJ0D8Y
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Because the cowardly Republicans in Congress keep bowing to the whims of Trump, they can't avoid political responsibility for his disastrous economic policies. trib.al/p5x9yWL
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Trump's ambassador to India has pleased Indian officials by emphasizing commerce and staying silent about Modi's "rollback of democracy and human rights." trib.al/9w9b7Gg
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The inflationary consequences of Trump's counterproductive war of choice with Iran is losing Trump his white working class base. trib.al/KcXmCBO
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Occupation is an act of war, but Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said that, in the event of a deal with Iran, Israel would not withdraw from territory it occupies in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. That is consistent with Netanyahu's forever-war strategy. trib.al/VsfVy7B
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"Blue-collar white voters are, for the first time, seriously doubting Trump’s handling of the economy," with "an extraordinary swing on that issue among white voters without college degrees between his first midterm election and now,” from 30% to -30%. trib.al/JuHRVbo
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In the Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, military rulers are increasingly clamping down on press freedom and freedom of expression. Many journalists, bloggers and activists have been forced into exile. trib.al/gZtjDtE
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Trump & Netanyahu went to war in Iran seeking regime change. There has been regime change, but not the kind they wanted. The Islamic Republic "is now less a theocracy and more a military junta dominated by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps." trib.al/njifx2U
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The Trump administration has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to the Central African Republic, a "super dangerous" transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection. trib.al/iqNIaLf
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The International Labour Organization has agreed to adopt the first binding employment standards for gig workers in sectors such as ride-hailing and food delivery, potentially giving them rights on pay, safety and social benefits. trib.al/xM7UNrA
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