Comments on: Human Rights Watch Director Kenneth Roth Fires Latest Shot in Debate Over Venezuela Report http://www.coha.org/human-rights-watch-director-kenneth-roth-fires-latest-shot-in-debate-over-venezuela-report/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-rights-watch-director-kenneth-roth-fires-latest-shot-in-debate-over-venezuela-report COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:33:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joe Emersberger http://www.coha.org/human-rights-watch-director-kenneth-roth-fires-latest-shot-in-debate-over-venezuela-report/comment-page-1/#comment-28397 Joe Emersberger Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:16:21 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=2605#comment-28397 I cannot find the exchanges with HRW - including the original open letter from the academics - on the HRW website. In contrast I am able to find HRW's response to the very inept accusations of Michael Spagat - a British academic - who claimed HRW was biased in favour of the FARC. I looked up "Spagat" on their search engine an immediately pull up a link to HRW's exchange with him. I find nothing if I search for "Wilpert" or by going through their Venezuela entries. Hopefully that will soon be rectified. However, HRW has good reason to be embarrassed by this debate and to not call attention to it. Hopefully progressives will stop donating to them. Many people are doing much better work. I cannot find the exchanges with HRW – including the original open letter from the academics – on the HRW website. In contrast I am able to find HRW’s response to the very inept accusations of Michael Spagat – a British academic – who claimed HRW was biased in favour of the FARC.

I looked up “Spagat” on their search engine an immediately pull up a link to HRW’s exchange with him. I find nothing if I search for “Wilpert” or by going through their Venezuela entries.

Hopefully that will soon be rectified. However, HRW has good reason to be embarrassed by this debate and to not call attention to it. Hopefully progressives will stop donating to them. Many people are doing much better work.

]]> By: Dave Watson http://www.coha.org/human-rights-watch-director-kenneth-roth-fires-latest-shot-in-debate-over-venezuela-report/comment-page-1/#comment-28395 Dave Watson Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:57:02 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=2605#comment-28395 I sincerely hope that this is not the last exchange. The reply makes no attempt to answer any of the criticisms contained in the last letter and sound like an attempt to bow out of an embarrassing situation. Dave Watson I sincerely hope that this is not the last exchange. The reply makes no attempt to answer any of the criticisms contained in the last letter and sound like an attempt to bow out of an embarrassing situation.
Dave Watson

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