Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine human rights activist, community organizer, pacifist, art painter, writer, and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize.

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War & Peace

Nobel Peace Laureates Slam Human Rights Watch’s Refusal to Cut Ties to US Government

You all but advocated military intervention on social media, while maintaining plausible deniability in the context of a climate of warmongering.

By: Mairead Maguire ,; Richard Falk ,; Hans von Sponeck ,; Keane Bhatt ,; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ,; AlterNet

July 30, 2014

Op-Ed

Nobel Peace Laureates Slam Human Rights Watch’s Refusal to Cut Ties to US Government

Human Rights Watch's affiliation with ex-CIA and NATO officials generates perverse incentives and undermine its reputation for independence.

By: Mairead Maguire ,; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ,; Richard Falk ,; Hans von Sponeck ,; Keane Bhatt ,; AlterNet

July 11, 2014

Op-Ed

Human Rights

From One Nobel Peace Laureate To Another: Open Letter to President Barack Obama

There is no doubt that the use of chemical arms is immoral and to be condemned, but your government has no moral authority whatsoever to justify an intervention.

By: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel ,; InformationClearingHouse

September 12, 2013

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