====== Michael Caster ======

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**Michael Caster** is an American human rights advocate. He is the co-founder of the [[Chinese Urgent Action Working Group]] and its successor, [[Safeguard Defenders]].

===== History =====

==== Education ====

Caster attended [[Western Washington University]] (2006-2008), [[University of Utrecht]] (2010-2011), [[Fletcher School at Tufts University]] (2014-2016) and [[Harvard Kennedy School]] (2015).((//Education | Michael Caster.// LinkedIn. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-caster-1007a410/details/education/))

==== Career ====

In late 2008 or early 2009, Caster co-founded the [[Chinese Urgent Action Working Group]] with [[Peter Dahlin]].((//About Us.// Chinese Urgent Action Working Group | 中 国 维 权 紧 急 援 助 组 . Retrieved September 3, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20130903040416/http://www.china-action.org/ABOUTUS.aspx)) ((//About Us.// Safeguard Defenders. Retrieved December 2, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.12.02-145421/https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/about-us)) ((//Experience | Michael Caster.// LinkedIn. Retrieved April 19, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-caster-1007a410/details/experience/)) From September 2011 to April 2012, Caster worked for [[Pearson]] as a research assistant and writer.

From January-April 2015, Caster worked as researcher for [[Minority Rights Group International]], then as a fellow and legal intern at the [[International Commission of Jurists]] in the summer. 

He then contributed to research for the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], while also working pro bono for the [[Public International Law & Policy Group]] in their collaboration with the [[Harvard Law and International Development Society]] (LIDS).

Caster was recognized for his work in human rights advocacy by the [[Human Rights Campus]] in January 2013, and received Certificate in the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict from the [[International Center on Nonviolent Conflict]] in June 2013.

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-caster-1007a410/|LinkedIn]]
  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/michael-caster/|White Rose Wiki]]