Saturday, March 6, 2010
What? You didn't know? It happened veeewy quietly... After 'Post' query, HRW says top military analyst quit
A Human Rights Watch spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday night that its embattled senior military analyst Marc Garlasco resigned nearly three weeks ago, even though, according to NGO Monitor, he was still listed on HRW's Web site as an employee earlier in the day.
HRW suspended Garlasco with pay in September, "pending an investigation," after allegations surfaced that he was an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia.
Yet according to NGO Monitor, since Garlasco's paid suspension, no word had been given regarding his employment status with the organization or any investigation into the allegations made against him. Additionally, Garlasco's name remained on the organization's online list of employees.
After HRW was queried regarding Garlasco's status on Thursday evening, the group's communications director, Emma Daly, responded in an e-mail stating, "Human Rights Watch regretfully accepted Marc Garlasco's resignation on February 15th [and] he is no longer listed as a staff member on Human Rights Watch's Web site."...
This was inevitable, but Garlasco was only the most glaring of HRW's problems. The real problem is systemic, and that remains.
For some of the background, see: Human Rights Watch's Marc Garlasco a Nazi-Phile, Human Rights Watch Responds to Garlasco Revelations, Human Rights Watch Suspends Garlasco with Pay.
