Kuwait's Ghanem al-Najjar elected chair of Arab human rights fund board

Board of Trustees of the Arab Human Rights Fund selected Dr. Ghanem Al-Najjar, of Kuwait, as chairman, a fund official source told KUNA Tuesday. He added that Al-Najjar, an international human rights expert, was selected during the board meeting in its Beirut headquarters early this week. The source said the fund, an independent donor organization, was keen on selecting the members of the board of trustees and its administrative from the Arab countries. The Arab Human Rights Fund was established in 2008. It aims at increasing financial resources to protect human rights as well as encouraging social justice in the Arab world. The fund backs small Arab human rights associations. The fund provides 137 donations to 106 bodies in 20 Arab countries.