Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director of LGBT Rights at Human Rights Watch, has been nominated for the Jos Brink Prize, award by the Dutch government for outstanding work on furthering LGBT human rights. Before coming to HRW, Boris was member of the Dutch Parliament.  He sponsored a bill on the opening of civil marriage to same [...]

Dear friends, Rocketing prices threaten to starve millions and make us all less secure — sign the emergency petition for action to stop the world food crisis Sign the Petition Watch the Video Have you noticed food costing more when you shop? Here’s why — we’re plunging headlong into a world food crisis. Rocketing prices [...]

I got this in my inbox this morning from Avaaz.org (My comments are in RED BOLD). For those of you new to the blog or who do not know me personally, I worked at Avaaz for 1 year during its initial start-up phase. I’m now at Human Rights Watch, working with their China team on [...]

The following letter ended up in my inbox today from Huang Jinming of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of China. Their website is under construction and there wasn’t much I could find out about them online. However, their letter lays out some principled, well-reasoned arguments, so I thought it was worth sharing. [...]

Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy Director Sophie Richardson on The Newshour. Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden on Democracy Now! The Olympic Torch Relay dates back to the Nazi Olympics in 1936. Minky Worden: There is a wonderful new academic book called Nazi Games, which gives a concise history of this. The torch relay [...]