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Reminiscences of Jamie Fellner : oral history, 2002.

Creator: Fellner, Jamie
Project: September 11, 2001 response and recovery oral history project.
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Phys. Desc. :transcript 22 pages sound recordings 1 audio disc (41 min.) : digital ; 3 in.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Director of U.S. Programs, Human Rights Watch.

Scope and Contents

(Born in 1948); September 11th: morning at Empire State Building, personal response, communication with family, tour of ground zero; Empire State Building security post-9/11; Human Rights Watch response: Patriot Act, public policy intervention, assessment and response to public policy proposals, research conducted, reports published, reactions to reports; work with and response to George W. Bush administration post-9/11: Geneva Convention rules, letters written, ideology of administration; hate crimes: against Muslims, government action; personal work with Human Rights Watch: before 9/11, after 9/11, shifts in priorities, personal thoughts.

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