Saturday, July 14, 2012

Human Rights Watch now relies on Saudi propaganda outlets for documentation

I was reading this Human Rights Watch report on Iranian executions.  I noticed that the Arab version names (in the last section) none other than Al-Arabiyya--KID YOU NOT--, the news station of King Fahd's brother-in-law, as its source.  The English language version does not name Al-Arabiyya but links to the site of King Fahd's brother-in-law.  I call on activists to ask Human Rights Watch: would they ever dare to cite an Iranian regime website for a report on Israeli human rights violations?

PS Of course, this has nothing to do with the rightful condemnation of Iranian regime repression.  The regime executed four Arabs on charges of "corruption on earth".  Count me as a supporter of corruption on earth.