Dinah PoKempner

@DinahPoKempner

General Counsel at Human Rights Watch

Joined November 2010
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    Nov 14

    this should be understood for what it is: a bad faith attack on executive branch oversight. is attacking the public's right to know and to have exec branch officials held accountable.

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    . says a Senate impeachment trial "must expose the whistleblower." Graham also says "I will not accept a trial in the Senate until I know who the whistleblower is."
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    Nov 13

    Congratulations to of for being named one of Time's 'Next 100 Most Influential People in the World!' Blurb written by US Sen.

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    Nov 12

    The US gvmt wants to collect DNA from detained immigrants, including children & asylum seekers. Today we urged DOJ to withdraw the proposal – it violates the right to privacy & the 4th Amendment on a profound scale.

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    Nov 11

    🎴🎴🎴BREAKING🎴🎴🎴 Huge development! The Gambia () just filed a case at the World Court () alleging ’s campaign of mass atrocities against the Muslim community in Rakhine State was so extreme that it violated the Genocide Convention.

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    Nov 5

    A judge has granted the first known warrant for law enforcement to conduct a dragnet search through the DNA of 1.3 million people in the GEDmatch genetic genealogy database. 86% of those users did not explicitly consent to law enforcement searches.

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    Nov 2

    a very grateful public owes for his relentless use of to pry loose what we have the right to know

    Earlier this year, right after AG Barr released his memo characterizing Mueller's report, I started filing requests for primary source documents that were used to draft the report as well as other underlying documents amassed by Mueller's probe 1/
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    Oct 31

    Meanwhile, in Hong Kong....

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    A man was sprayed with pepper spray point blank after asking where police's cordon line was
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    Oct 31

    Turns out everybody needs a mask. Happy Halloween.

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  9. Oct 31

    Happy Halloween 2019!

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    Oct 27

    Israel has banned an researcher from accompanying his mother to chemotherapy sessions in Jerusalem or from traveling abroad, without any reasoned justification that he could contest.

    1/ A month ago, I was prohibited from accompanying my mother to her chemotherapy sessions in after I was told that I'm banned by the intelligence from entering Jerusalem for ''security grounds.''
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    Oct 26

    SCOOP A company in which 's brother has a financial stake received a $33 million contract from the U.S. Marshals Service earlier this year....

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    Oct 26

    This is an important event that risks getting lost in the noise: White House cybersecurity Chief Dimitrios Vistakis resigned this week over practices he called “absurd,” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff.

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    Oct 26

    Medical workers against rally tonight in Medics say injured protesters are increasingly weary of seeking help following police presence in hospitals.

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    Love Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me? I do. Support WNYC with a donation.

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  15. Oct 15

    An important discussion of a case that holds peril for investigative journalists everywhere.

    NYC event: this Tuesday, will moderate a discussion on Julian Assange & Press Freedom - , UN Torture Expert -, Chelsea Manning's appeal lawyer - of - of
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    Oct 12

    NYC event: this Tuesday, will moderate a discussion on Julian Assange & Press Freedom - , UN Torture Expert -, Chelsea Manning's appeal lawyer - of - of

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    Oct 14

    If one dreamed up an ambitious global success story, it might involve govts rallying behind new laws on sexual harassment with active support from businesses and workers. Too good to be true? It happened in June:

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    Oct 13

    “It’s been a long time coming, but a change is going to come” Marking 2 years of the movement going viral, speaks with activists around the world about their hopes and challenges in the year ahead.

    #MeToo Movement’s Second Anniversary
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    Oct 13

    During to close gender gap on we learnt how difficult it was to find sources about women trailblazers to meet the criteria to be on Wikipedia since women don't get as much coverage in media or books as men do.

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    Oct 13

    Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says: The app is able to gain root access to your entire phone, allowing it to spy on your entire communication. It can even remotely activate audio recording!

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