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Andrew Whitley

Andrew Whitley, formerly the executive director of Human Rights Watch/Middle East, was also on the board of MERIP.

MER Article

An Open Letter to a Jailed Iranian Writer

Dear Dr. Saidi Sirjani: For almost 20 years now, I have known and admired you and your writings. Whatever your detractors may say, Ali Akbar Saidi Sirjani cannot justly be accused of partisanship. I have known you as a fierce critic of Mohammad Reza Shah’s insufferable pretensions and intolerance o

Andrew Whitley • 3 min read

MER Article

The Remains of Anfal

The physical remains of the General Security Directorate’s victims are strewn throughout Iraq, buried anonymously in common graves. It is hard for anyone outside the Baath’s inner circle to estimate how many young men went before firing squads after summary trials, or sometimes no trial at all, between

Andrew Whitley • 2 min read