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18 Jan 2025, 4:31 am by Just Security
McCord Stefanik’s Senate Confirmation Hearings Bring Mix of Worry and Opportunity at UN by Richard Gowan Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio by Just Security Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask Secretary of Energy Nominee Chris Wright by Just Security Questions for Senators (And Journalists) to Ask Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi by Just Security Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask CIA Director Nominee John… [read post]
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]
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]
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]
9 Feb 2010, 9:33 am by David Bernstein
  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, 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 by Ritika Singh
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]
6 Apr 2011, 5:17 pm by David Bernstein
”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]