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Phelim Kine

Phelim Kine

Deputy Director, Asia Division Follow @PhelimKine

Phelim Kine is a deputy director in Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division. Kine worked as a journalist for more than a decade in China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Taiwan prior to joining Human Rights Watch in April 2007. He has written extensively on human rights issues including military impunity, transitional justice, corruption, child sex tourism, religious intolerance, and illegal land confiscation. Kine’s opinion pieces on human rights challenges in Asia have appeared in media including the New York Times, Asian Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, The Guardian, CNN.com, Foreign Policy, and the Harvard International Review. Kine has spoken publicly on Asia’s human rights challenges at venues ranging from the European Parliament and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong to the Council on Foreign Relations and a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Kine is an adjunct professor in the Roosevelt House Human Rights Program at Hunter College in New York City. 

Articles Authored

  • April 23, 2018 Dispatches

    No One Is Buying Duterte’s Denials Over Drug War Deaths

  • March 26, 2018 Dispatches

    Philippines Tars Rights Groups with ‘Drug Lords’ Smear

  • March 17, 2018 Commentary

    Justice May Be Coming for Philippine Strongman

    Published in Asia Times
  • March 8, 2018 Commentary

    International Women’s Day is Moment to End Abusive ‘Virginity Tests’

    Published in Asia Times
  • March 1, 2018 News Release

    Why Indonesia’s Christian Diaspora Fears Going Home

    Published in East Asia Forum
  • February 14, 2018 Dispatches

    Indonesia Dishonors Rule of Law with Award to Philippines’ Top Cop

  • February 8, 2018 Commentary

    World Must Pressure Philippines on Drug War Accountability

    Published in Asia Times
  • January 29, 2018 Dispatches

    A Whisper of Accountability in Philippine ‘Drug War’

  • January 22, 2018 Dispatches

    Philippines’ Duterte Pursues Distraction Over Accountability

  • January 15, 2018 Dispatches

    Philippine Government Targets ‘Rappler’ for Closure

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