Ken Roth Is Not An Expert In International Law - But He Plays One On Twitter

Ken Roth is entitled to his opinion.

And Ken Roth thinks the Israeli settlements are illegal.

So far, so good.

But Ken Roth is also the executive director of Human Rights Watch

Ideology and Media Coverage Drive Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Failure of Women in Middle East

For Immediate Release December 10, 2013  Contact: Emily Ziedman NGO Monitor 052-528-1500 emily.ziedman@ngo-monitor.org

New Report: Powerful NGOs Fail Women in the Middle East Ideology and Media Coverage Drive Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Photo credit: AP; for illustrative purposes only  Jerusalem - Marking International Human Rights Day (December 10), NGO Monitor is publishingSecond Class Rights: How Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Fail Women in the Middle East. This four-part report evaluates Amnesty International's and Human Rights Watch's coverage of women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from 1995-2012. The absence of freedom for women in the Middle East is one of the most acute human rights problems in the world today and one of the most significant challenges for the region. NGO Monitor's qualitative and quantitative study shows that while Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) project a strong image of prioritizing women's freedom, in reality their advocacy on behalf of women's rights in the MENA region is weak.

MEQ Summer: Human Rights Watch Protects the Arab Tyrants

The following by Gerald M. Steinberg is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum:

Human Rights Watch Protects the Arab Tyrants

by Gerald M. Steinberg
Middle East Quarterly
Summer 2013, pp. 49-58 (view PDF)

In October 2011, as the Libyan uprising neared its end with the death of Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi, Human Rights Watch (HRW)—a highly influential global organization claiming to promote universal moral principles—published a statement condemning Western governments for their "apparent eagerness to embrace Qaddafi because of his support on counterterrorism, as well as lucrative business opportunities" that, according to HRW, "tempered their criticism of his human rights record in recent years."[1]

What this statement conspicuously failed to note is that HRW had been an active participant in this eager embrace of the Qaddafi regime.

New Additions To Board Of Human Rights Watch Only Adds To Its Bias and Lack of Credibilty

PRESS RELEASE April 23, 2013  Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org  Human Rights Watch's Board Changes Add to Bias and Lack of Credibility Jerusalem -  The announcement this week that Human Rights Watch (HRW) chairman of the board, James Hoge, Jr. is being replaced by co-chairs Joel Motley and Hassan Elmasry, effective October 2013, will further damage the NGO's credibility, said Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor.

NGO Monitor: Human Wrongs: The Worst of Amnesty, HRW, and others in 2011

PRESS RELEASE December 20, 2011 Contact: Jason Edelstein NGO Monitor +972-52-861-2129 mail@ngo-monitor.org

Human Wrongs: The Worst of Amnesty, HRW, and others in 2011 JERUSALEM -  With 2011 concluding, NGO Monitor today released a list of the most outrageous and absurd NGO actions from the past year, demonstrating the political nature of NGOs involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Prof. Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor, commented, "This shows how the NGO network consistently fails to uphold universal human rights, while also distorting international law beyond recognition." The list: Amnesty International's new Israel Researcher has a history of radical anti-Israel activism.   HRW's Sarah Leah Whitson race-baited American Jews and ignored the embarrassment of having praised Saif-Islam Qaddafi as a human rights reformer.   German NGO "Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future (EVZ)" exploited government funding designated for Holocaust reparations and education in order to join the delegitimization campaign against Israel and added to new antisemitism.

As Assad Slaughters Syrians, Where Is Human Rights Watch?

I wrote yesterday about how the Arab League has watched while Assad has been shooting unarmed protesters in Syria.

One could argue that the Arab League is not exactly known for advocating human rights.
But what is Human Rights Watch's excuse?

Human Rights Watch has been poorly prepared in dealing with the slaughter of protesters by Assad--and it shows: