Israel-Palestine director of Human Rights Watch resigns in protest over blocked report Related news
Cătălin Roșioru
HAMILTON, Canada Omar Shakir, the Israel-Palestine director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), and assistant researcher Milena Ansari have resigned in protest after the organization blocked a report they said labeled Israel's denial of Palestinian refugees' right of return a "crime against humanity.” A report Tuesday by Jewish Currents said they have obtained the resignation letters of Shakir and Ansari, where Shakir wrote that the HRW leadership's decision broke from standard review processes and
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