Zaher Birawi's name removed from financial database after it 'wrongly and unjustly' linked him to terrorism Zaher Birawi is the chairman of London-based Palestine advocacy group Europal Forum (Twitter/screenshot) By Published date: 12 January 2021 17:23 UTC | Last update: 2 months 3 weeks ago A Palestinian human rights campaigner has had his name removed from the World-Check financial database blacklist and received damages, after it had falsely associated him with terrorism. Zaher Birawi, the chairman of London-based Palestine advocacy group Europal Forum, announced in a statement on Tuesday that he had received damages in a settlement which forced the influential database to remove his name from its terrorism categorisation.