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ABOUT US

Human Rights Watch is a leading international organisation dedicated to defending and promoting human rights around the world. Human Rights Watch researchers work to uncover human rights violations by investigating sites of abuse and speaking first-hand with witnesses and authorities. By exposing these abuses and shining a spotlight where they occur, Human Rights Watch's work gives a voice to victims, generates intense international pressure on governments for action and raises the cost to perpetrators of committing abuses. Human Rights Watch pursues perpetrators of abuses until they are brought to justice.

 
The London Eye lit blue for Human Rights Day 2018.
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The London Eye lit blue for Human Rights Day 2018. ©
 
MEET THE LONDON TEAM

UK Advocacy and Media 
The UK advocacy and communications team are responsible for conducting targeted advocacy towards the UK government and parliamentarians. They are also in charge of the organisation’s outreach to the UK media. If you are a member of the press with a media query, please contact HRW Press at hrwpress@hrw.org.

Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director
Anthony Gale, Senior Media Officer

Development & Outreach
The Development & Outreach team is the key contact for the London Committee. The team is responsible for organising fundraising and outreach events. They are the focal point for liaising with supporters, the London Committee and the Board of Directors.

James Bowers, UK Director
Jessica Jones, UK Senior Manager
Tamanna Abdi, UK Coordinator

Staff members based in London

Elaine Pearson, Asia Director
Sam Dubberley, Managing Director, Technology, Rights and Investigations
Benjamin Ward, Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
Bryony Lau, Deputy Director, Asia Division
Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Director, Asia Division
Clive Baldwin, Senior Legal Advisor
Anna Bacciarelli, Senior Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Technology, Rights and Investigations
Bridget Sleap, Senior Researcher, Rights of Older People
Fereshta Abbasi, Researcher, Asia Division
Yalkun Uluyol, China Researcher, Asia Division
Miriam Rodero, Grant Writer, Development and Outreach
Rhys McGhee, Acting Onboarding Manager, Human Resources
Nishita Anand, Training and Support Associate, Fundraising Systems and Data Analytics

OUR LONDON COMMITTEE

The London Committee is comprised of active, long term supporters of Human Rights Watch living in and around London. It forms part of the Human Rights Watch Council, an international network of Committees and Ambassadors who advance the efforts of Human Rights Watch by organising conferences, briefings and other events, engaging in targeted advocacy initiatives, and assisting in important development and outreach programs.

CONTACT US

E-mail londondev@hrw.org to sign up for London news and/or events (please put 'News' or 'Events' in the subject line) or for any queries about fundraising or donations. To volunteer at one of our events, please put 'Volunteering' in the subject line. Do note, we do not accept employment or internship requests. Vacancies can be found on the HRW Career Portal.

GET INVOLVED

News

  • March 30, 2022

    London Voices for Justice Evening - May 11, 2022

    We welcome you to join Human Rights Watch at The Camden Roundhouse on Wednesday 11th May 2022, for Voices for Justice: A Night for Human Rights, and become part of the global community dedicated to protecting and defending human rights around the world. 

    This will be a one night-only gathering of human rights advocates, artists, musicians, actors and the public for an evening of celebration, inspiration and activism. You will get the chance to hear from those who make Human Rights Watch’s work possible in every corner of the world – our researchers and investigators working on the ground, from Ukraine, to Beirut and Afghanistan.

    With everything going on in the world right now, it is more urgent than ever that we come together to raise our voices and unite in our calls for a rights-respecting world, and your solidarity at this time would mean the world to us.

    Click here to purchase your tickets.

  • March 16, 2021

    Charity Partnership with Chambers & Partners

    Human Rights Watch is delighted to announce the launch of a new charity partnership with Chambers and Partners, a global, independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions delivering detailed rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers. The partnership will involve digital content and fundraising.

    Chambers and Partners CEO and Gender Diversity Executive Sponsor, Tim Noble says:

    ‘Chambers and Partners is delighted to welcome Human Rights Watch as our events charity partner. We strongly support HRW’s commitment to protecting global human rights and we’re excited to be collaborating and supporting their work through multiple Chambers’ platforms such as our webinars and awards.’ 

    Angela Sharma the UK Director of Development and Global Initiatives at Human Rights Watch says about the partnership:

    ‘We are delighted that Chambers and Partners have chosen Human Rights Watch to be their charity partner. Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world, and Chambers and Partners’ global reach, independent research methods, and commitment to diversity and inclusion make them an ideal partner in this mission. The past year has been incredibly important for human rights, with Covid-19 exposing deep inequalities in our societies while also highlighting our global connectedness and shared responsibility for one another. This support from Chambers and Partners will strengthen Human Rights Watch’s work in confronting these global challenges, help defend the rights and dignity of people worldwide, and amplify the voices of human rights defenders everywhere.’

    More information on the partnership can be found here.

  • February 22, 2021

    Special Thanks

    For this year's HRW London Film Festival, a special thanks must go to our amazing partners, MUBI and People's Postcode Lottery, whose support enables us to champion these stories, to bring these human rights issues to life and to reach broader audiences than ever. We are ever grateful for their partnership. 

     

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Contacts

James Bowers
UK Director, Development & Outreach
Jessica Jones
UK Senior Manager, Development & Global Initiatives

Get in touch

Email: londondev@hrw.org

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