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Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. The San Francisco Committee is part of the Human Rights Watch Council, a global network of individuals and committees in 33 cities around the world. Council members are active ambassadors for Human Rights Watch in their communities and support the work through fundraising, outreach, and advocacy initiatives. Together, we play a key role in the defense of human rights.
You're invited to join the new Human Rights Watch Book Club!
This series will pair leading authors with Human Rights Watch experts and provide a space to discuss today’s pressing calls for social change around the world. We will touch on issues of race, identity, democracy, and more featuring best-selling authors Viet Thant Nguyen, Patricia Engel, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and Dashka Slater. We hope that you will join us for these interactive conversations, as we explore the powerful relationship between literature and human rights. |
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Patricia Engel in conversation with Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno Sept 21, 2021 at 5 PM PT Purchase the book from our friends at Green Apple Books Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the United States. How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. Rich with Bogotá urban life, steeped in Andean myth, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America, Infinite Country is the story of two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regret, and every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred. Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, gives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. |
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The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Dashka Slater in conversation with Elizabeth Calvin January 11, 2022 at 5 PM PT Purchase the book from our friends at Green Apple Books |
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The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Mei Fong March 8, 2022 at 5 PM PT Purchase the book from our friends at Green Apple Books |
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A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in conversation with Carine Kaneza Nantulya June 7, 2022 at 4 PM PT Purchase the book from our friends at Green Apple Books |
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News
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San Francisco Chronicle: Thailand's junta warns over 'Hunger Games' salute
Human Rights Watch criticized the warning, saying it revealed "a mindset that views human rights with disdain, and sees youthful defiance as the enemy."
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HRW on The Daily Show
Human Rights Watch Featured on The Daily Show
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San Francisco Chronicle: Report Highlights Child Labor On US Tobacco Farms
A report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch claims that children as young as 7 are sometimes working long hours in fields harvesting nicotine- and pesticide-laced tobacco leaves under sometimes hazardous conditions. Most of what the group documented is legal, but it wants cigarette makers to push for safety on farms from which they buy tobacco.Human Rights Watch details findings from interviews with more than 140 children working on farms in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, where a majority of the country's tobacco is grown.
