Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Kenneth Roth, who headed Human Rights Watch until recently, was recruited last year by the school to become a fellow. He accepted. But a few weeks later, Roth said the center called and told him that the school's dean had vetoed the fellowship. Roth believes it was due to his and his group's criticism of Israel.

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

The move has also angered civil rights and press freedom organizations, many which defended Roth and his work. Read more at Boston.com.

I once ran Human Rights Watch. Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel

I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch’s criticism of Israel

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship that it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his...

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship that it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group’s criticism of Israel. Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW, until last year, was recruited by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy to become a fellow and he accepted. But a few weeks later, in July, Roth said the c…

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Harvard University has rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he says was his group's criticism of Israel.