Posts Tagged: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Palestinian Authority and Hamas Crush Dissidents
JNS.org - Despite its anti-Israel stance, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch accused the Palestinian Authority on Tuesday of violently stopping dissent. “Twenty-five years after Oslo, Palestinian authorities...
HRW Report: Palestinian Authorities Systematically Torture and Oppress Their People
Both the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas use systematic torture and repression to stifle any dissent from their rule, a two-year investigation by Human Rights...
Rights Group Accuses Palestinian Authority, Hamas, of Using Systematic Torture
Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza's rival Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and opponents to try to stifle dissent,...
Congressional Candidate Vows to Support Israel, but Ignores Ties to Human Rights Watch
Tom Malinowski, a candidate for the House of Representatives in New Jersey's Seventh District, claims that he is a "lifelong friend of the Jewish community [and] supporter of Israel.” But such...
Reading, Writing, and Jihad: Child Soldiers and a Lost Generation
The child soldiers in Yemen are many. There is "Saeed," 18, who told a reporter that "brave men become martyrs on the battlefields." As a soldier,...
Human Rights Watch Lies About Israel — Again
Human Rights Watch (HRW) executive director Sarah Leah Whitson tweeted the following, claiming that Israel never allows universal human rights reviews and is a "rogue...
Head of Human Rights Watch Knocked for Using ‘Antisemitic Dog Whistle’
The executive director of Human Rights Watch accused the White House this week of following an "Israel First strategy" by withdrawing from the United Nations...
Hamas Praises Human Rights Watch – and Shooting Rockets at Israel
On Sunday, Hamas issued a press release praising Human Rights Watch (HRW)'s latest report blaming Israel for responding to the violent Gaza riots: The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) received great satisfaction...
HRW: Saudi Arabia Arrests More Women’s Rights Activists
Saudi Arabia detained two more women's rights advocates earlier this month and imposed a travel ban on several others in an ongoing crackdown in the...
HRW Urges Saudi Arabia to Reveal Whereabouts of Saudi-Qatari National
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Saudi authorities to disclose the whereabouts of a Saudi man with dual Qatari nationality whom Kuwait said it...
Human Rights Watch: Israel Should Let Gazans Break Through the Fence, Since They Pose No Danger
Sari Bashi, the "Israel and Palestine advocacy director" at Human Rights Watch (HRW) -- who never advocates for Israel -- wrote another anti-Israel screed in Foreign Policy that shows...
EU Calls on Israel to Reinstate Visa for Human Rights Watch Official
The European Union on Tuesday called on Israel to reinstate the visa of Omar Shakir, the representative of Human Rights Watch in the country, which...
Israel Orders Human Rights Watch Representative to Leave, Says He Urged Boycott
Israel's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday it had ordered the representative of Human Rights Watch in the country to leave within 14 days, accusing him...
@HRW Notices That Wishing for Children to Be Martyred Is Sick — But Not When Palestinians Wish It
There was a moment of moral clarity from a Human Rights Watch worker recently. A BBC story said: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been criticised after telling...
