Kenneth Roth

Former Human Rights Watch executive director (1993-2022). Now visiting professor, Princeton University, SPIA. My new book, "Righting Wrongs" (Knopf/Allen Lane).

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

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. https://t.co/Q3acXNsqH7

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Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is utterly unsafe. International law prohibits forcibly sending anyone there. The European Union, in its obscene rush to expel migrants, should not be legitimizing the Taliban by meeting with them to negotiate forced returns. https://t.co/9ww8OJd1bA

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German authorities have deported a Tajik opposition activist to Tajikistan, intensifying concerns that Germany is not upholding its human rights obligations when making deportation decisions. https://t.co/AVrTYfR9v0

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Harassment and attacks against LGBT university students in Indonesia escalated during June Pride Month celebrations. At least 10 public universities adopted discriminatory regulations and are curbing student media coverage and social media discussions. https://t.co/jNnR8JB17n

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Trump’s censorship at the Smithsonian shows what he would do with academic freedom if any university were ever so unwise as to give him oversight authority. https://t.co/vT10c2e1XC

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Beholden to Second Amendment absolutists, the Trump administration is trying to cover up the gun violence it is fueling as it cuts back regulations designed to promote gun safety. https://t.co/VbbO41JQo3

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The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty are trying to stop a settlement between the university and the Trump administration, warning that an agreement could jeopardize Yale’s independence. https://t.co/xLMDkHJEEa

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Once more, battles are being fought over control of the Strait of Hormuz, which wasn't even in play before Trump's war of choice with Iran. https://t.co/rMD4DRiCdj

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Trump is so determined to restrict voting that he is willing to make uncooperative states more vulnerable to terrorist attack. https://t.co/lNOewj0Icg

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UN secretary-general Guterres warns that AI is advancing faster than governments' exercise of oversight. He's right. Everyone is so worried about winning the AI race that they are ignoring the huge risks that AI poses to us. https://t.co/JKQB28esaW

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Senior US military commanders bypassed warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was severely out of date and approved some strikes including one that hit a school killing nearly 200 children and adults. https://t.co/O7xcVPHMqZ

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After decades of reliable bipartisan backing for Israel, a new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support, with rising opposition from Democrats and signs of division among Republicans. No one likes genocide, apartheid, and endless occupation. https://t.co/DckEePlnVs

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A new by-election won’t cleanse Nigel Farage, leader of the populist right-wing party Reform U.K., of the alleged financial dishonesty surrounding contributions he received. https://t.co/XIhrZfVsyQ

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To get elected, Trump said he worried about Black unemployment. Now he ignores it. https://t.co/pHmCR8qu71

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Putin is no longer able to deny the harm being caused to Russians by his disastrous war in Ukraine as fuel shortages throughout Russia worsen due to Ukraine's attacks. https://t.co/e9SvejzpSn

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For JD Vance, the Western civilization worth defending is not rights and democracy but white Christian nationalism. https://t.co/h8n5AqA8AN

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Would-be autocrat Trump says of established autocrat Erdogan that they are "great friends" with "good chemistry” and a “special relationship.” https://t.co/ne3zOSSYq7

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Ahead of the NATO summit, authorities in Turkey have widened a crackdown on public life, arresting more than 200 people during raids across Ankara. The arrests followed a ban on demonstrations in Ankara that was put in place until 10 July. https://t.co/rpvnYV6HwT

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Another long-time Democratic supporter of Israel has had it with Israel's utter indifference to Palestinian civilian life and Netanyahu's deliberate destruction of any possibility of a Palestinian state. https://t.co/Iiue4nqDCf

[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

Rahm Emanuel's 🔥🧨speech at Tel Aviv University tomorrow. "The prime minister and his government have led Israel into a dead end....Unconditional American support has allowed you to deny food and medical relief to innocent Palestinians suffering in Gaza, leaving the world to conclude that Israelis are not only willing to kill the Palestinians but are completely indifferent to their death, destruction and suffering ....You cannot indefinitely fight the world that has stopped believing you have the right to fight....Your government is complicit in the horrors now being inflicted on innocent families in the West Bank...If I have anything to say about it, every Israeli attacking Palestinian civilians or their property will be sanctioned......The tragedy is that Netanyahu's government has helped Hamas achieve its objective [to kill the 2-state solution]."

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“NATO member state leaders should look over the wall of the palace and see what is going on in the country. Does NATO stand for the defense of repression? Does it make the world safe for autocracy? https://t.co/TPlYWOLoqf

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Polls Republicans are due for a midterm shellacking. The American people seem to want a government that serves them, not one that indulges the president’s petty grievances, enriches his family, fuels inflation, and belittles the affordability crisis. https://t.co/vxf3UeVP2Q