Rachel Reid

Rachel Reid is the Open Society Foundations’ advocacy manager for the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. She was based in Afghanistan for Human Rights Watch from 2008 to 2011. Before her move into human rights work, she spent more than a decade with the BBC.

Articles by Rachel Reid

Yemeni men walk past a mural depicting a US drone and reading " Why did you kill my family" on December 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

One Cheer for Obama’s Executive Order on Drone Strikes

Argument

July 6, 2016, 7:10 PM

Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/GettyImages

Afghan ‘Roadmap’ to Peace—A Dead End for Human Rights?

The South Asia Channel

December 13, 2012, 7:59 PM

MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images

President Karzai and the ‘secondary’ sex

The South Asia Channel

March 9, 2012, 8:32 PM

Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

“Moderate” Taliban: A wolf in sheep’s clothing?

The South Asia Channel

February 10, 2012, 8:07 PM

MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images

Keeping control of bad choices

The South Asia Channel

December 20, 2011, 5:58 PM

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