Harvard cancels planned fellowship for human rights leader

Image:  Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, expected to follow his nearly 30-year run at the international nonprofit organization with a fellowship at Harvard University’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. But he and his supporters say the dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government blocked his appointment for political reasons—namely, Roth’s criticism of Israel. The dean, Doug Elmendorf, wasn’t available for an interview Friday and hasn’t...