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28 Jul 2017, 7:01 am
“It makes no sense for Iran’s judiciary to execute people now under a drug law that will likely bar such executions as early as next month,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 5:06 am
Indeed, one of the most consequential “scoops” I’ve had as a blogger, that Human Rights Watch Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson fundraised among rich Saudi Arabians with a pledge to use the money to counter pro-Israel forces in the West, came from NGO Monitor. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 1:05 am
An HRW spokesperson, Sarah Leah Whitson, highlighted HRW's battles with "pro-Israel pressure groups in the US, the European Union and the United Nations. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 9:33 am
What about, for example, the likes of HRW Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson, who lobbied in the U.N. against Israel and for the Palestinians during the Second Intifada, just before she joined HRW? [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 2:33 am
Maybe the growing dismay of long-time HRW supporters like Bernstein explains why Middle East Director Sarah Leah Whitson decided to expand HRW’s donor base to Saudi elites? [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 5:37 am
Moreover, Sarah Leah Whitson has stated categorically that HRW has never raised money from the Saudi government. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 1:24 pm
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch has the following money quote: Iraq is quickly slipping back into authoritarianism as its security forces abuse protesters, harass journalists and torture detainees. . . . [read post]
22 May 2018, 8:50 am
“Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s ‘reform campaign’ has been a frenzy of fear for genuine Saudi reformers who dare to advocate publicly for human rights or women’s empowerment,” Human Rights Watch’s Sarah Leah Whitson said last week in a statement. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 5:17 pm
”Then there is Sarah Leah Whitson, director of HRW’s Middle East division, speaking in Saudi Arabia in May 2009: “Human Rights Watch provided the international community with evidence of Israel using white phosphorus and launching systematic destructive attacks on civilian targets. [read post]
24 Oct 2009, 8:22 pm
But, to take a few examples of people I've written about on this blog, the definition of "pro-Israel" would have to exclude the likes of Joel Beinin, Juan Cole,Norman Finkelstein, Joel Stork, Philip Weiss, and Sarah Leah Whitson, no matter how "progressive" and purportedly "pro-peace" they are (pro-peace, to some people, means "Israel surrenders"). [read post]
