Human rights watch

‘Behind closed doors’: 70+ NGO staffers allege antisemitism, lack of accountability in new report

A former Human Rights Watch editor tells the 'Post' that major NGOs have legitimized antisemitism and anti-Israel narratives, urging greater accountability across the human rights sector.

The logo of Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organization.
Members of the Lebanese police gather outside Baabda prison, Lebanon, November 21, 2020.

Sectarian violence, divides on display in Lebanon as Beirut moves on General Amnesty Law

An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026.

Iran's use of cluster munitions against Israel may be a war crime - Human Rights Watch

Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, in the custody of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization.

Turkey’s rearrest of fugitive revives mystery of Syrian defector’s disappearance


HRW: Facebook censors Palestinian posts on Israeli human rights abuses

Human Rights Watch also claimed Facebook designating Hamas and PFLP as "dangerous organizations" is a threat to free expression.

 A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020

HRW: Gaza rockets killed Palestinians, Israelis in 'flagrant' war crimes

Human Rights Watch recommended that the ICC and UNHRC examine unlawful attacks committed by Palestinian armed groups.

Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants into Israel amid Jerusalem's tension, in Gaza May 10, 2021.

HRW concludes some officials saw risk of Beirut blast, failed to act

The 700-page report by the international rights watchdog on the August 4th Beirut explosion concluded that multiple Lebanese authorities were criminally negligent under Lebanese law.

Damaged Beirut Port area, August 17

HRW director accused of justifying antisemitism on Twitter

Ken Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, shared a report on the spike in antisemitism in the UK.

Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth speaks during a interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2018

HRW demands Iran release California resident from prison

"My mother has not had a single night of sleep since her partner and love of her life was forcefully taken after 40 years of marriage."

Jamshid Sharmahd and his daughter, Gazelle.

Why Human Rights Watch's apartheid accusation is incorrect - opinion

The very essence of apartheid was the physical separation of people based on a legislated racial hierarchy.

Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth speaks during a interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2018

HRW exploits human tragedy to further its political agenda - opinion

HRW’s report is part of a concerted NGO campaign, as documented by NGO Monitor, to use the term “apartheid” in order to lobby the International Criminal Court to open an investigation against Israel.

Omar Shakir, a US citizen representing New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Israel and the Palestinian territories, speaks to Reuters TV in Amman, Jordan.

Human Rights Watch did a one-sided takedown of Israel - opinion

The report comes as Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza erect more barriers to peace with Israel, and as they themselves degrade the human rights of the Palestinian people.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting in Ramallah last August.

Leading Jewish Republicans split over a Biden human rights nominee

Elliott Abrams, a longtime foreign policy maven with experience in a number of Republican administrations, has come to her defense.

Freedom House President Mark Lagon (R) testifies as Washington Director Human Rights Watch Sarah Margon (L) listens during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on "Corruption, Global Magnitsky and Modern Slavery - A Review of Human Rights Around the World", on Capitol Hill in Washington, July

Delegitimizing Israel has become a mainstream pastime - opinion

The Human Rights Watch report accusing Israel of apartheid could have a negative impact on the Jewish state's international legacy.

Jose Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch Americas, holds up a report while addressing the media in Bogota