Scott Long
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Scott Long is a US-born activist for international human rights, primarily focusing on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. He founded the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, the first-ever program on LGBT rights at a major "mainstream" human rights organization, and served as its executive director from May 2004 - August 2010. He later was a visiting fellow in the Human Rights Program of Harvard Law School from 2011 to 2012.
Mariana Cetiner, possibly the last person jailed in Romania for her sexual orientation. Long visited her in prison, documented her story, persuaded Amnesty International to take up her case, and personally lobbied President Emil Constantinescu to pardon her
Queer activists joined by Scott Long (center, behind flag) participate in Zimbabwe's first-ever LGBT rights march on Human Rights Day, December 10, 1998, in Harare
The Queen Boat floating discotheque in the Nile in Cairo
Human Rights Watch
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policymakers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners.
Former executive Director Kenneth Roth speaking at the 44th Munich Security Conference 2008
Nabeel Rajab helping an old woman after Bahraini police attacked a peaceful protest in August 2010
Kenneth Roth and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, February 2, 2012