"Shakir said the report documented how the denial of return amounts to a crime against humanity. He said he had been told that Executive Director Philippe Bolopion, who took the helm of HRW late last year, was worried the report would be misread by detractors as a call to demographically extinguish the Jewishness of the Israeli state, according to his resignation letter seen by Al Jazeera and dated January 15."
"Shakir wrote: Through this process, I have lost my faith in the integrity of how we do our work and our commitment to principled reporting on the facts and application of the law. The report was slated to be published on December 4 and had been given the greenlight by others in HRW during an internal review, Shakir said. In a statement to Al Jazeera, HRW said it had received the resignations of two people working on Israel-Palestine"
Omar Shakir resigned as Human Rights Watch Israel-Palestine director after alleging a leadership decision blocked publication of a report. He said the withheld report linked the erasure of camps in Gaza and the emptying of camps in the West Bank, cited a government-led assault on UNRWA, and argued the denial of Palestinian refugees' right of return amounts to crimes against humanity. Shakir said the report had been internally approved and scheduled for publication. He said the episode caused him to lose faith in HRW's integrity and commitment to principled legal reporting.
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