NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, about Harvard University's decision not to offer him a fellowship. Roth says it was because of his criticism of Israel.

Kenneth M. Israel, 86, passed away peacefully in his home on Friday, August 30, 2024. He was born in Nash County, NC to Monnie and Bettie. He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Priscilla C ...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. As we continue on Gaza, lawyers representing Germany at the International Court of Justice delivered their concluding remarks ...

We speak with the longtime former head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, about losing a prestigious position at Harvard over his criticism of Israeli human rights abuses. Roth was set to begin as a ...

Editor’s note: In a reversal of their earlier decision, the Harvard Kennedy School will now offer a fellowship to Ken Roth, the retired head of Human Rights Watch who is publicly critical of Israel, ...

Kenneth Roth, the longtime director of Human Rights Watch, said that Harvard’s Kennedy School denied him a planned fellowship over the organization’s work on Israel. Roth made the allegations to The ...

Kenneth Roth was executive director of Human Rights Watch for almost three decades. His job called for him to document human rights violations around the world. When he left that job last year, he ...