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Anders Jerichow is a senior correspondent at the daily Danish Newspaper Politiken, a columnist, a frequent commentator on international affairs, and an international media activist focusing on human rights and the Middle East. He has been an editor at Politiken since 2002 and also Editor-in-chief of the Copenhagen daily newspaper Aktuelt. Jerichow served as the Chair of Humanity in Action Denmark from 2011-2021.
Updated September 2022
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