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September 8, 2010

Soros Donates $100M to HRW
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Human Rights Watch has received a $100 million donation from the
billionaire currency speculator and philanthropist George Soros. It’s
Soros’s largest-ever donation to a non-governmental organization and the
highest single donation the group has ever received.

George Soros: "Originally I wanted to give away all my money during my
lifetime, but I changed my mind because the Foundation has now a mission
that I think it can perform without me, and I think it will be a
necessary mission, namely providing financial support to civil society
to hold the governments accountable for their actions—how they
spend their money and how they behave."



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