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US citizen Omar Shakir, the New York-based rights group's director for Israel and the Palestinian territories, is to be deported from Israel on today over his alleged support of a boycott of the Jewish state. “I cannot think of another democracy that has barred a Human Rights Watch researcher,” Roth told AFP in Jerusalem.
Israel accuses him of supporting the banned Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which calls for a broad-ranging embargo of Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians. The case against Shakir was initially based on statements he made in support of a boycott before taking up his post with HRW.
“It is undeniable that boycotts around the world have led to changing unjust systems but Human Rights Watch doesn't take a position on them,” he said yesterday.
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