Amy Goodman
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Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine
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HRW blocked report on Palestinian right of return without written explanation
HRW prioritized Israeli state interests over Palestinian refugee rights
HRW applied crime against humanity standard inconsistently across cases
Palestinian refugee conditions meet crime against humanity threshold
Israeli law discriminates against Palestinian refugees on basis of religion
HRW abandoned core principle of publishing research due to political sensitivity
Not all Palestinian refugees meet crime against humanity threshold like Rohingya
Parallel expulsions of Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan not treated as crime against humanity
New HRW director applied same editorial standards as previous leadership
Ken Roth critiquing report without having read it
Previous HRW apartheid report required extensive editorial revision
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