An Israeli court rejects Human Rights Watch’s request for its country director to remain in Israel until an appeal against his expulsion is heard, the affected official tells AFP.
HRW’s Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir, a US citizen, now has one week to leave Israel, he tells AFP.
“The judge rejected our request for an interim order that would allow me to stay in the country so the case could be heard,” Shakir says, after the ruling by a district court. “The judge gave me until May 24 to leave.”
HRW intends to appeal to the supreme court, he says.
The interior ministry announced on May 8 it had terminated Shakir’s residency permit over accusations he previously supported a boycott of Israel.
Shakir rejects the allegation and says Israel is seeking to silence his group’s criticism.
— AFP
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