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The Courage of Strangers: Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement
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The Courage of Strangers: Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement Paperback - 2005

by Jeri Laber

The intimate, beautifully told memoir of a woman who helped create Human Rights Watch and bring about the fall of Communism--and in the process became free and independent herself.


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f I were to trace my awakening to human rights abuses.

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  • Title The Courage of Strangers: Coming of Age with the Human Rights Movement
  • Author Jeri Laber
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-02-16
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781586482886 / 1586482882
  • Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.08 x 1.04 in (23.01 x 15.44 x 2.64 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Jeri Laber's articles have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New York Times and many other newspapers and magazines. She is the co-author of "A Nation is Dying" Afghanistan Under the Soviets. In recognition of her human rights work, she was awarded the Order of Merit by President Vaclav Havel on behalf of the Czech Republic. She is also the recipient of a Research and Writing Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Laber lives in New York City and in Walton, New York.
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