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What Human Rights Watch's Homepage Features
(Volokh Conspiracy) David Bernstein - President Assad has attacked civilians with chemical weapons, killing hundreds and injuring more. The Egyptian government has slaughtered hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters, who in turn have been engaging in pogroms against Egyptian Christians. So I decided to see which of these stories Human Rights Watch featured most prominently on the front page of its website. You guessed it! The most prominent HRW story is how Israeli demolition of illegal Palestinian structures "raises war crime concerns." The writer is a professor at the George Mason University School of Law.