Shows featuring Alex De Waal
Program director of the Social Science Research Council, a senior fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a director of Justice Africa in London. In 2006, he served as adviser to the African Union mediation team for the Darfur conflict. He is author of several books on Sudan, including Darfur: A New History of a Long War.
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HRW’s Richard Dicker and Scholar, Mediator Alex de Waal Debate International Criminal Court Indictment of Sudanese President for Mass Killings in Darfur
The International Criminal Court has indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, the first time an arrest warrant has been issued for a sitting head of state. We host a discussion between Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch’s International Justice Program, and Harvard scholar Alex de Waal, a former adviser...March 06, 2009 | Story
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
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Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


