Richard Ashby Wilson

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Richard Ashby Wilson (@RichardAWilson7) is the Gladstein Distinguished Chair of Human Rights and Professor of Law and Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. Wilson is the author or editor of 11 books on international human rights, humanitarianism, truth and reconciliation commissions and international criminal tribunals and his latest book is Incitement On Trial: Prosecuting International Speech Crimes (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Articles by this author:

Police without mask fasks watch protesters in face masks on June 6, 2020 in Brooklyn NY. A protester on a bike has a sign reading, "Defund the NYPD."

Researchers on Atrocity Prevention Warn: US on Path to Widespread Political Violence

Jun. 10, 2020 Jeffrey Smith and Richard Ashby Wilson

Police bike past posters showing political propaganda in Guatemala City on May 21, 2019.

Persecution of Human Rights Defenders on Social Media: What to Do About It

Jun. 6, 2019 Richard Ashby Wilson and Molly K. Land