Human Rights Watch’s Ken Roth solicited a Saudi billionaire for a $470,000 gift by promising not to use the funds to defend LGBT people in the Middle East — just after his organization had cited the donor’s abuse of workers in a report on “slavery-like conditions.”
According to The Intercept, “the controversial donation is at the center of a contentious internal debate” about Roth’s “judgment and leadership.”
The controversial donation is at the center of a contentious internal debate about the judgment and leadership of Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth. https://t.co/a5lMn8oU3b
— The Intercept (@theintercept) March 3, 2020
1. @HRW chief @KenRoth solicited a $470,000 gift from a Saudi billionaire promising NOT to defend #LGBT rights
2. HRW had just reported on the donor's slavery-like abuse of workers
3. Roth's HRW had $223 million of net assets & didn't even need the moneyhttps://t.co/D0nEGQGAp8
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) March 8, 2020
