Carroll Bogert, associate director at Human Rights Watch since June 2003, oversees the organization's external relations and works with the executive director on advocacy and fundraising. Bogert, a general expert on human rights with specialized expertise on Russia and China, previously served as Human Rights Watch's communications director, publicizing the organization's work and drawing attention to human rights issues in more than 70 countries worldwide. Before joining Human Rights Watch, she spent more than a decade in international news reporting for Newsweek magazine, beginning as a stringer in China, then moving to the Southeast Asia bureau as correspondent, becoming bureau chief in Moscow, and finally working as an editor and international correspondent in the magazine's New York office. Bogert holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies and a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University. She speaks French, Russian, and Mandarin.

Human Rights Watch Reports

The "Stamp of Guantanamo": The Story of Seven Men Betrayed by Russia's Diplomatic Assurances to the United States (March 29, 2007)

Articles

"Reporting in China: What Not to Do," International Herald Tribune, August 1, 2008

 "Enjoy the Reunion. Skip the Check," New York Times, May 25, 2008

 "Russia and NGOs: A Photo-op for Putin," International Herald Tribune, July 7, 2006

"SOS Sudan," The Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2004

 "Another Africa Calamity - Will Media Slumber On?" The Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2004

Multimedia:

Human Rights Watch at 30, Interview with Carroll Bogert, CBC News: Our World with Brian Stewart, June 7, 2009

Interview with Carroll Bogert, The Tavis Smiley Show, November 28, 2007