NGO Monitor Issues Report On Human Rights Watch

NGO Monitor has come out with NGO Monitor’s 2007 Report on HRW: Bias and Double Standards Continue. YnetNews.com has the rundown:

Report: Rights group shows clear anti-Israel bias

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of 'collective punishment' in way that is applied to no other country on earth, NGO Monitor charges; HRW dismisses report, says NGO Monitor needs better understanding of international law

Despite some improvement, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization continues to display a "clear, identifiable political bias in both the quality and quantity" of its Israel coverage, a recently released report charges.

Jerusalem-based watchdog NGO Monitor this week released its report on HRW's 2007 activities, with a particular focus on the group's repeated allegation that Israel is inflicting "collective punishment" on Gaza residents.

According to the report, HRW accuses Israel of "collective punishment" in a way that is applied to no other country in the world.

NGO Monitor's report notes that Russia's 1999 policy of denying power, water, food or any humanitarian supplies to Chechnya was condemned by HRW but was not referred to as collective punishment. The report also notes that Azerbaijan's blockade of Armenia in 1994 was actually supported by HRW on the grounds that Armenia was "financing" a war. [Emphasis added]

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