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Fred Abrahams
Fred Abrahams is responsible for training Human Rights Watch research staff, developing research methodology, and conducting investigations in conflict areas around the world. He has documented human rights and laws-of-war violations in places such as Albania, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Sri Lanka, and Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. He has authored numerous articles and op-eds on human rights and the laws of war and co-authored A Village Destroyed: War Crimes in Kosovo (University of California Press, 2002). His book, Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe (NYU Press, 2015), describes the fall of communism and turbulent transition in Albania. Abrahams has a bachelor's degree in German and International Studies and a master's in International Affairs from Columbia University. He speaks German and Albanian, and is featured in the 2014 documentary film "E-Team.”
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Reports Authored
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Under Kurdish Rule
Abuses in PYD-run Enclaves of Syria
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Unacknowledged Deaths
Civilian Casualties in NATO’s Air Campaign in Libya
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Turning a Blind Eye
Impunity for Laws-of-War Violations during the Gaza War
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White Flag Deaths
Killings of Palestinian Civilians during Operation Cast Lead
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Precisely Wrong
Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles
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Under Cover of War
Hamas Political Violence in Gaza
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Rain of Fire
Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza
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Internal Fight
Palestinian Abuses in Gaza and the West Bank
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Complicit in Crime
State Collusion in Abductions and Child Recruitment by the Karuna Group
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Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Torture and Extrajudicial Killings by Bangladesh’s Elite Security Force
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A Face and a Name
Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq
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Hearts and Minds
Post-War Civilian Casualties in Baghdad by U.S. Forces
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Violent Response:
The U.S. Army in al-Falluja
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Roma in the Czech Republic
Foreigners in their Own Land
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