Birgit Schwarz

Former Communications Deputy Director, Europe and Africa

Articles Authored

January 31, 2024 Interview

Interview: Building the Evidence for Crimes Committed in Israel on October 7
September 22, 2022 Interview

Interview: Paying the Price for Defending Human Rights in Burundi
December 15, 2021 Witness

Witness: Defying Attacks on Education in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
August 10, 2021 Interview

Left With Fish Too Small to Sell in Cambodia’s Mekong River Basin
June 18, 2021 Interview

Interview: Reforms, Not Gestures, Are Needed to Solve Burundi’s Human Rights Crisis
June 16, 2021 Interview

Celebrating 10 Years of Global Domestic Workers’ Rights
May 25, 2021 Interview

Interview: Africa Has Much to Celebrate on Africa Day
February 17, 2021 Interview

Interview: How a Song Sealed the Fate of a Rwandan Gospel Singer
October 29, 2020 Interview

Interview: Health, Not Wealth, Should Determine Access to a Covid-19 Vaccine
September 25, 2020 Interview

Documenting Violence in Guinea During a Pandemic

Why I joined Human Rights Watch

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