#31 Kenneth Roth, what does COVID-19 have to do with human rights?
This episode’s interview guest is none other than executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth. He has been the helm of the NGO for 27 years. Under his leadership it has developed into an international organization with true impact. With Chelsea he talks about its biggest achievements and about the ongoing human rights violations in Syria, Hungary and China. He also discusses the deterioration of US leadership on issues of civil liberties and what this means for Europe. To get started there will be a look at some news items from the past few days that are discussed equally in Germany and in the United States.