Ali Dayan Hasan

Who is Ali Dayan Hasan?

Ali Dayan Hasan is a Pakistani human rights activist. For 11 years - between 2003 and 2014, Hasan acted in various capacities for Human Rights Watch in South Asia. He resigned his position as HRW's Pakistan director on May 1, 2014. Human Rights Watch views him as a "pioneering figure" in the internationalization of HRW and the broader international human rights movement. His departure from HRW was accompanied by an unprecedented press release from the organization which explained his significance in the history of the international human rights movement. The statement is reproduced in full below.

Ali Dayan Hasan Departs Human Rights Watch

– Human Rights Watch regrets to announce the departure of its Pakistan director, Ali Dayan Hasan, after 11 years with the organization.

Hasan joined Human Rights Watch in 2003. Over the past decade, he has been a pioneering figure in the organization’s internationalization efforts, providing inspiration to replicate the process more broadly across the international human rights movement.