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Harvard restores fellowship for human rights advocate critical of Israeli policies

After outcry, Harvard restores fellowship for leading human rights advocate who criticized Israeli policies.
Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch.

Dean Douglas Elmendorf of Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and decided to allow former Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth to join the Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as a Fellow.

"In the case of Mr. Roth, I now believe that I made an error in my decision not to appoint him as a Fellow at our

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