Omar Shakir

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel, Facebook of crackdown on free speech

Facebook has also been involved in recent years in limiting incitement on its platform in the US, EU countries and elsewhere, with an ongoing debate about whether it has struck the right balance.

DECEMBER 18, 2019|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

OMAR SHAKIR, Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, looks up before a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in September

Human Rights Watch Israel-Palestine Director Omar Shakir speaks in Israel before being deported on Monday, November 25, 2019

Human Rights Watch's Shakir defiant as Israel deports him: I'll be back

Omar Shakir’s deportation marks the end of one of the most controversial fights ever between Israel and one of its human rights critics.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

HRW official to be deported by November 25 after High Court Chief ruling

Official appealed for wider High Court panel to block deportation

NOVEMBER 19, 2019|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Did Israel sledgehammer its reputation as a functioning democracy?

And, are Israel’s ongoing conflicts with international bodies endemic to being viewed as the ‘occupier’?

NOVEMBER 8, 2019|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Is HRW official being expelled for BDS or criticism of Israel? - analysis

The court suggests it was about both human rights and boycotts – and where they are connected, Israel can deport someone whose human rights’ criticism takes the shape of specific calls to boycott.

NOVEMBER 6, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Human Rights Watch representative Omar Shakir

Omar Shakir's lawyer: Let new Israeli gov't make deportation decision

Case pits protecting free speech-vs-combating BDS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB