zombie democracy. you know, they have an electoral charade. that s what lukashenko did in belarus. that s what putin did in russia. that s what ortega did in nicaragua. that s what museveni did in uganda. these are complete charades. yes, the autocrat stays in power, but with none of the legitimacy that even that managed democracy would have brought. that is not a great long term strategy for survival. as you talk to me about what you see happening in the world, i m kind of struggling to understand what you meant when, during your tenure at human rights watch, you always said, our organisation has to be neutral. in a sense, we have to be like the international committee of the red cross based in switzerland. we have to be able to work in countries and approach countries with the sense that we don t take sides. we are neutral. i mean, in your last answer, you sure as hell were taking sides. where we stress that neutrality is when there s an armed conflict. that s where the red cross o
i m kind of struggling to understand what you meant when, during your tenure at human rights watch, you always said, our organisation has to be neutral. in a sense, we have to be like the international committee of the red cross based in switzerland. we have to be able to work in countries and approach countries with the sense that we don t take sides. we are neutral. i mean, in your last answer, you sure as hell were taking sides. where we stress that neutrality is when there s an armed conflict. that s where the red cross operates. that s where, part of where we operate. and so in a war situation, we don t take positions between the two sides. we don t say, you re the aggressor, you re the defender. you know, you re right, you re wrong, but we rather look to what extent are both sides complying with international humanitarian law, basically. really? so, kenneth roth, you, still a powerful voice in international human rights, you can look at the camera talking to me today and say yo
that s what museveni did in uganda. these are complete charades. yes, the autocrat stays in power, but with none of the legitimacy that even that managed democracy would have brought. that is not a great long term strategy for survival. as you talk to me about what you see happening in the world, i m kind of struggling to understand what you meant when, during your tenure at human rights watch, you always said, our organisation has to be neutral. in a sense, we have to be like the international committee of the red cross based in switzerland. we have to be able to work in countries and approach countries with the sense that we don t take sides. we are neutral. i mean, in your last answer, you sure as hell were taking sides. where we stress that neutrality is when there s an armed conflict. that s where the red cross operates. that s where, part of where we operate. and so in a war situation, we don t take positions between the two sides. we don t say, you re the aggressor, you re the
to understand what you meant when, during your tenure at human rights watch, you always said, our organisation has to be neutral. in a sense, we have to be like the international committee of the red cross based in switzerland. we have to be able to work in countries and approach countries with the sense that we don t take sides. we are neutral. i mean, in your last answer, you sure as hell were taking sides. where we stress that neutrality is when there s an armed conflict. that s where the red cross operates. that s where, part of where we operate. and so in a war situation, we don t take positions between the two sides. we don t say, you re the aggressor, you re the defender. you know, you re right, you re wrong, but we rather look to what extent are both sides complying with international humanitarian law, basically. really? so, kenneth roth, you, still a powerful voice in international human rights, you can look at the camera talking to me today and say you are not prepared to d
president donald trump. but not related to the general six committee. let s say, one of the many other investigations that the justice department is doing. would that be sufficient to you. well, two points. no one is above the law. even a former president. one of the tenants of the founding fathers is you put a document together that we all can live by. we don t say, ever anybody can live by this document except the president of the united states. so, that being said, i am disappointed that what i discovered, and what president trump had done before and during his presidency, during this investigation. we are better country than what i saw coming from him. and, since he s left to try to do away with the constitution of this great country of ours,