Did Human Rights Watch Censor Its Top Researcher on Palestine?
February 4, 2026
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Did Human Rights Watch Censor Its Top Researcher on Palestine?
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<p>Human Rights Watch has become known for their scathing reports on Israel's treatment of Palestinians, accusing the country of committing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/world/middleeast/israel-apartheid-palestinians-hrw.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">apartheid</a> and carrying out acts of <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza" rel="noopener" target="_blank">genocide</a> in Gaza. So why did the organization suddenly decide to block a report on Palestinians refugees' right to return?</p> <p>In this 'Mehdi Unfiltered' interview, <strong>Mehdi</strong> speaks with the author of that report, <strong>Omar Shakir</strong> – who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/03/human-rights-watch-researchers-resign-palestine" rel="noopener" target="_blank">resigned</a> from HRW this week, after nearly a decade of leading the organization's Israel and Palestine team.</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: <a href="https://zeteo.com/subscribe" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/subscribe</a></p> <p>WATCH, LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO 'WE'RE NOT KIDDING' ON SUBSTACK: <a href="https://zeteo.com/s/were-not-kidding-with-mehdi-and-friends" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://zeteo.com/s/were-not-kidding-with-mehdi-and-friends</a></p> <p>FIND ZETEO:</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/zeteo_news" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/zeteo_news</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews</a></p> <p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews</a></p> <p>FIND MEHDI:</p> <p>Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan</a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan</a></p> <p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan</a></p>
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