Minky Worden
As Human Rights Watch's Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden develops and implements international outreach and advocacy campaigns. She previously served as Human Rights Watch's Media Director, working with the world’s journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in some 90 countries worldwide. Worden has taught as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 2013. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. Attorney General and in the Executive Office for US Attorneys. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Worden speaks Cantonese and German, and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's Board of Governors. She is the editor of The Unfinished Revolution (Seven Stories Press, 2012) and China's Great Leap (Seven Stories Press, 2008), and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005).
Articles Authored
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May 3, 2022
No ‘Dignity and Pride’ in World Cup Labor Abuses
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January 29, 2022
No Medals for International Olympic Committee
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January 24, 2022
A Gold Medal for Censorship in China
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November 18, 2021
Chinese Tennis Star’s Disappearance Is Warning for Olympics
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October 8, 2021
Saudi’s Takeover of Newcastle F.C. a Wake-Up Call on Rights
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August 5, 2021
Higher, Faster — Harsher: The Olympics Head to Beijing
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August 2, 2021
Belarus Athlete’s Plight Spotlights Olympic Failure