Joe Stork
Joe Stork is an American political activist and Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch. He holds an M.A. in International Affairs/Middle East Studies from Columbia University.[1]
Career
Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1996, Stork co-founded the
Stork's involvement with MERIP and anti-Israel activism before joining HRW have made him the object of criticism.[4] Maariv reported that Stork was a "radical leftist" in the 1970s. According to Maariv's report, Stork wrote an article praising the Munich massacre and attended an anti-Zionist conference hosted by Saddam Hussein in 1976.[4] Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW, has defended Stork by saying that these events took place thirty years ago, and he later became a staunch critic of Hussein.[4]
Books and other publications
- Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians, Human Rights Watch, 2002. ISBN 1-56432-280-7
- (with ISBN 978-1860640988
- (with ISBN 978-0520204485
- Middle East Oil and the Energy Crisis, Monthly Review Press, 1975
References
- ^ a b c Human Rights Watch, Joe Stork
- ^ a b Gulf Daily News, 1 March 2004, Turkey RPCV Joe Stork is top American human rights expert
- ^ American Expressions of Relief over Iran-Iraq Peace, AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS OF RELIEF OVER IRAN-IRAQ PEACE, St. Paul Pioneer Press, August 22, 1988.
- ^ a b c Foreman, Jonathan (28 March 2010). "Nazi scandal engulfs Human Rights Watch". London: The Times Online. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
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