Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american human rights activist and director of the middle east and north africa division of human rights watch”. Today it says “american human rights lawyer”. 0 accusation words in the opening on October 6 2023. Today: 1 today.
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Sarah Leah Whitson is an American lawyer who is the director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch .1The division conducts research and advocacy missions as well as investigates and exposes human rights violations by Algeria , Bahrain , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Morocco , Oman , the Palestinian Authority , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates , and Yemen . Whitson has led landmark investigations and overseen the production of countless reports and press releases. In 2013, the Middle East/North Africa division published over 17 reports on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Yemen , Iran , Libya , and Syria . In addition to her research, Whitson has published widely on human rights issues in the Middle East, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, and CNN. She appears regularly on Al-Jazeera and NPR.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Sarah Leah Whitson is an American human rights activist and director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch .
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Sarah Leah Whitson is an American lawyer and former director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American lawyer and human rights activist Sarah Leah Whitson is an American lawyer and the executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) .She previously served as director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american human rights activist and director of the middle east and north africa division of human rights watch”. Today it says “american human rights lawyer”. 0 accusation words in the opening on October 6 2023. Today: 1 today. Read the current article and compare.
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american human rights activist and director of the middle east and north africa division of human rights watch
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american human rights lawyer
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