#103: Omar Shakir on HRW's New Report

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 7:02 p.m.

This episode features a conversation with Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. Shakir investigates and documents human rights abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.

We talked about his recent deportation from Israel and about Human Rights Watch’s new report, Born Without Civil Rights.

Omar’s bio: https://www.hrw.org/about/people/omar-shakir

A link to the report: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/palestine1219_web_0.pdf

PeaceCast’s April 9th, 2018  interview with Omar: https://peacenow.libsyn.com/38-snipers-on-the-gaza-border