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The Human-Rights Establishment

JL;DR SUMMARY In this reflective piece on human rights organizations, a former editor of the Human Rights Watch World Report delves into the disproportionate focus and perceived bias these groups hold against Israel, especially in their annual reviews of global human rights abuses. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasPalestineHuman RightsHuman Rights WatchNgosMedia CoverageAccountabilityBiasAmnesty International

Places mentioned

Afghanistan
"giving me a unique Afghanistan-to-Zimbabwe overview of their content and length."
Zimbabwe
"giving me a unique Afghanistan-to-Zimbabwe overview of their content and length."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"shared social-media posts that denied the legitimacy of Israel and lauded a 2022 mass shooting as a #Tel_Aviv_Operation."
Singapore
"Heinous, abhorrent, and morally reprehensible were descriptions in their lexicons before October 7: They were used to describe Salvadorian state abuses, Singaporean hangings, and the U.K.s pushback of migrants."
United Kingdom
"Heinous, abhorrent, and morally reprehensible were descriptions in their lexicons before October 7: They were used to describe Salvadorian state abuses, Singaporean hangings, and the U.K.s pushback of migrants."
New Caledonia
"Is it so long because HRW invests more resources here? I asked. Thinks the abuses are more egregious than elsewhere? Has better access than to countries like North Korea and Iran?"
Iran
"Is it so long because HRW invests more resources here? I asked. Thinks the abuses are more egregious than elsewhere? Has better access than to countries like North Korea and Iran?"
Saudi Arabia
"Human Rights Watch had accepted money from a Saudi donor (whose company it had identified as having committed labor-rights abuses) on the condition that the funds not be used to support LGBT advocacy in the Middle East and North Africa."
Palestinian Territories
"But as October 7 and its aftermath made clear, the outrage of many rights monitors depends not on human-rights principles, but on who is being abused and who is being accused."

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