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February 27, 2017

Israel Rejects Work Visa to HRW's Israel and Palestine Director
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Human Rights Watch is speaking out after the Israeli government rejected
a work visa for the organization's Israel and Palestine director, Omar
Shakir, claiming Human Rights Watch is engaged in "Palestinian
propaganda." This is Shakir.

Omar Shakir: "We received a response on Monday informing us that our
request had been denied on the basis that Human Rights Watch was not a
real human rights organization, that instead we were engaging in
propaganda and falsely raising the banner of human rights."



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