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| | '''Human Rights Watch''' is a [[liberal]] advocacy group posing as a [[human rights]] watchdog. One of its four co-founders also founded [[SDS]], a pro-communist group masquerading as a supporter of [[democracy]]. | | '''Human Rights Watch''' is a [[liberal]] advocacy group posing as a [[human rights]] watchdog. One of its four co-founders also founded [[SDS]], a pro-communist group masquerading as a supporter of [[democracy]]. |
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| − | HRW has been criticized for its disproportionate amount of criticism of the [[United States]]<ref>Discover the Networks-A guide to the liberal Left,http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> and [[Israel]]<ref> “Human Rights Watch shows a disturbing disparity in its treatment of Israel and China.” Gerald M. Steinberg(head of the Program on Conflict Management at Bar Ilan University and is the editor of NGO Monitor.) May 2006 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzdkNDA3NTY4ZmMwMzFmNWYwYTBkMWU4MzFiMTMxNGM </ref>. | + | Alan Dershowitz points out: |
| | + | *It turns out that they cook the books about facts, cheat on interviews, and put out pre-determined conclusions that are driven more by their ideology than by evidence. These are serious accusations, and they are demonstrably true. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-human-rights-watch-_b_27701.html] |
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| | + | HRW mainly criticizes the [[United States]]<ref>Discover the Networks-A guide to the liberal Left,http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> and [[Israel]]<ref> “Human Rights Watch shows a disturbing disparity in its treatment of Israel and China.” Gerald M. Steinberg(head of the Program on Conflict Management at Bar Ilan University and is the editor of NGO Monitor.) May 2006 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzdkNDA3NTY4ZmMwMzFmNWYwYTBkMWU4MzFiMTMxNGM </ref>. |
| | + | Yet it studiously avoids any criticism of Arab groups who launch rocket attacks against Israeli civilians. |
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| | Human Rights Watch has over 190 full time employees worldwide and a budget of approximately $22 million annually. <ref> Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> | | Human Rights Watch has over 190 full time employees worldwide and a budget of approximately $22 million annually. <ref> Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6258</ref> |
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| | |Neier worked 15 years at the liberal [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU). He currently serves as President of the [[Open Society Institute (OSI)]], a foundation funded by liberal [[George Soros]], who was also OSI’s founder. <ref> “Open Society Institute”, Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5181&category=79</ref> | | |Neier worked 15 years at the liberal [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU). He currently serves as President of the [[Open Society Institute (OSI)]], a foundation funded by liberal [[George Soros]], who was also OSI’s founder. <ref> “Open Society Institute”, Discover the Networks, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5181&category=79</ref> |
| − | Neier was co-founder of [[Students for a Democratic Society]] in 1959. | + | Neier was co-founder of [[Students for a Democratic Society]] in 1959. |
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