Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel
News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence.
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News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence.
Faculty members and free-speech organizations have condemned the decision as an assault on academic freedom.
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University rescinded a fellowship that it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he said Monday was his group’s criticism of Israel.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.
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Former Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth said he wasn't given a reason why his Harvard fellowship offer was rescinded but believes it was due to his and his group's criticism of Israel.