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Human Rights Watch (HRW)
- Website: www.hrw.org
- Founded as Helsinki Watch in 1978); annual budget of $42 million in 2008
- Based in New York, headed by Kenneth Roth (Executive Director since 1993)
- Funding provided by Ford, Carnegie, and MacArthur Foundations, Open Society Institute (Soros) and other donors, including approximately $1 million from the Dutch government, via Oxfam Novib. (This and a May 2009 fundraising dinner in Saudi Arabia are inconsistent with HRW's statement that "To maintain our independence, we do not accept financial support from any government or government-funded agency.")
- While HRW claims that "The hallmark and pride of Human Rights Watch is the even-handedness and accuracy of our reporting", this is not reflected in its agenda regarding Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Systematic NGO Monitor analyses demonstrate that publications related to Israel lack credibility, and highlight disproportionate condemnations of Israel.
- HRW was an active participant in the 2001 Durban conference, and continues to campaign in favor of boycotts and other measures against Israel.
- Many HRW officials, including the heads of the Middle East and North Africa Division, have a history of ideological bias that is inconsistent with the requirements for objectivity and universality in human rights reporting.
Human Rights Watch Essentials:
- Reports NOT written, NGO Monitor (PDF)
- For HRW, Israel is “low-hanging fruit”: The New Republic Adds Evidence of Bias, Press Release, April 25, 2010
- Obsession and Scandals: HRW in 2009, NGO Monitor Reports, January 5, 2010
- Experts or Ideologues: Systematic Analysis of Human Rights Watch, NGO Monitor Monograph Series, September 2009
- HRW raises funds in Saudi Arabia by demonizing Israel, NGO Monitor Digest, June 16, 2009
- Examining Human Rights Watch in 2008: Double Standards and Post-Colonial Ideology, NGO Monitor Reports, January 13, 2009
- NGO Monitor’s 2007 Report on HRW: Bias and Double Standards Continue, April 29, 2008
- Ken Roth and Human Rights Watch FAQs, NGO Monitor, September 6, 2007
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