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Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

Roth, Kenneth

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Publisher Price: $21.00

ISBN10: 0593686977
ISBN13: 9780593686973
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
From the long-time head of Human Rights Watch, the fascinating and inspiring story of taking on the biggest villains and toughest autocrats around the world

A remarkable book that will restore your faith in human beings. . . . One of the most important books of the year, if not of the next decade. --Elif Shafak, author of There Are Rivers in the Sky

In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch grew to a staff of more than 500, conducting investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses--and pressuring offending governments to stop them. Roth has grappled with the worst of humanity, taken on the biggest villains of our time, and persuaded leaders from around the globe to stand up to their repressive counterparts.

The son of a Jew who fled Nazi Germany just before the war began, Roth grew up knowing full well how inhumane governments could be. He has traveled the world to meet cruelty and injustice on its home turf: he arrived in Rwanda shortly after the Genocide; scrutinized the impact of Saddam's invasion of Kuwait; investigated and condemned Israel's mistreatment of Palestinians. He directed efforts to curtail the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghur Muslims, to bring Myanmar's officials to justice after the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, to halt Russian war crimes in Ukraine, even to reign in the U.S. government. Roth's many innovations and strategies included the deployment of a concept as old as mankind--the powerful tool of shaming--and here he illustrates its surprising effectiveness against evildoers.

This is a story of wins, losses, and ongoing battles in the ceaseless fight to rend the moral arc from the hands of injustice and bend it toward good.

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