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Where did you read they are funded by Qatar? Some quick searching indicates that's false. [1] https://www.hrw.org/financials https://www.hrw.org/financials [2
by jmathai 2y ago
Where did you read they are funded by Qatar? Some quick searching indicates that's false.
[1] https://www.hrw.org/financials https://www.hrw.org/financials
[2] https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/human-rights-watch/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/human-rights-watch...
- breppp 2y agoHRW was caught in the past soliciting donations from Saudis in return for restricting their Middle East reporting [1] Project Raven, a UAE offensive cyber operation has leaked a document by the Qatar government concerning financing of HRW [2][3] [1] https://theintercept.com/2020/03/02/human-rights-watch-took-money-from-saudi-businessman-after-documenting-his-coercive-labor-practices/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/02/human-rights-watch-took-... [2] https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/1700763578-human-rights-watch-under-fire-for-allegedly-accepting-millions-in-qatar-funds https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/1700763578-human-... [3] https://www.memri.org/reports/raven-project-leaks-alleged-qatari-support-3-million-euros-human-rights-watch https://www.memri.org/reports/raven-project-leaks-alleged-qa...
- jmathai 2y agoThanks for sharing. I don't personally see how those disqualify the information in the article though.
- breppp 2y agoI see very little evidence by the HRW research, just an appeal to the authority of a human rights organization ability for impartial investigation. However, I am calling that impartially into question due to evidence pointing otherwise
- skyyler 1y agoFor anyone viewing this thread now, take into consideration what wikipedia says about MEMRI: "Critics describe MEMRI as a strongly pro-Israel advocacy group that, in spite of describing itself as being "independent" and "non-partisan" in nature,[5][6][7] aims to portray the Arab world and the Muslim world in a negative light by producing and disseminating incomplete or inaccurate translations of the original versions of the media reports that it re-publishes." "co-founded by Israeli ex-intelligence officer Yigal Carmon and Israeli-American political scientist Meyrav Wurmser in 1997" I think there is a deep irony in using MEMRI publications as evidence that a human rights watch org has ideological bias.
- breppp 1y agoWhat does wikipedia say about the intercept? Is it also a pro-israeli advocacy group?
- skyyler 1y agoThe intercept article you linked says HRW gave the money back, so that's kind of a nothingburger, isn't it?
- breppp 1y agoit said that organization reported a company for engaging in slave labor, it then took donations from that company while agreeing not to cover LGBT rights in the middle east in return, but when it was caught it agreed to give the donation back I would hardly describe it as a nothingburger for human rights organization ethics, but that's only me
- skyyler 1y agoFascinating conversation you're having at me here. Good stuff. Anything else you'd like to add while you're at it?