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Brian J. Dooley (born 1963) is an Irish human rights activist and author. He is the Director of Human Rights Defenders at Human Rights First based in Washington DC. == Background == Dooley leads Human Rights First's efforts to ensure that human rights defenders can work free from harm and interference, engaging with the U.S. and other governments to end threats and obstacles to human rights work. For the 20 years prior to joining Human Rights First, Brian worked for U.S., Irish and international NGOs. He has written for and is regularly quoted in international print and broadcast media including the Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera, and has a column in the Huffington Post. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a literary critic for The Economist, The Guardian, and for The Irish Times. For several years Brian led Amnesty International's work on partnering with national NGOs in the global South. Brian has also worked as Head of Media for Amnesty International in London and in Dublin, and as Director of Communications for Public Citizen in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books about civil rights and U.S. politics, and had early experience on the Hill, interning for Senator Edward Kennedy in the mid-80s as a legislative researcher, contributing to what ultimately became the 1986 Anti-Apartheid Act. Before that, he lived and worked as an English teacher and community organizer in a black township in South Africa in 1981-1982 in defiance of apartheid's racial segregation laws. Other human rights work included helping establish Baltic Pride marches 2007–2010. His work for Amnesty International included being on research teams sent to conflicts in Lebanon 2006 and Gaza 2009, and on the ambassador of Conscience Award project for Nelson Mandela in 2005. Dooley has an MPhil in Government and Politics from the Open University, and a B.A. with honors in Political Science from the University of East Anglia. He represented The University of East Anglia at cricket and football, and the George Washington University in Washington DC at football (soccer). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian J. Dooley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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