Lian Buan
Researcher
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Lian Buan is a Southeast Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, with a focus on the Philippines among other countries.
Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she worked as a journalist in the Philippines for over 15 years. Her last role was at Philippine news site Rappler as head of its justice and human rights cluster and investigative reporter. She has covered the Philippine justice system and the drug war extensively.
She has an LLM in human rights from Birkbeck, University of London, which she attended as a Chevening Scholar.