Kenneth Roth Invited (and attends) State Dinner for Hu

[Clio the Leo]

And just WHO is Kenneth Roth?

Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world's leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 80 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Roth served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington. A graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University, Roth has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world. He has written extensively on a wide range of human rights abuses, devoting special attention to issues of international justice, counterterrorism, the foreign policies of the major powers, and the work of the United Nations.

http://www.hrw.org/en/bios/kenneth-roth

Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch was also in attendance. Given the contentious issue that human rights has become between China and the U.S., Roth said, "I take the reason I was invited as a statement to President Hu."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/the-no-carpet-state-dinner-arrivals-everyone-other-than-the-obamas-and-hu.html