Lydia Gall
Lydia Gall is a human rights lawyer by training and comes with a background in Roma rights and the Middle East. She has previously worked on documenting violations of humanitarian law and human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory followed by extensive work protecting and promoting the rights of the Romani minority in Europe.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Gall worked as a staff attorney involved in strategic litigation on behalf of Romani victims of human rights abuses, particularly in the fields of housing and education. As a freelance journalist, she wrote extensively on human rights abuses of Roma and on political developments with potential human rights implications in Central and Eastern Europe.
Articles Authored
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March 31, 2015
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November 27, 2014
Dispatches: Hungarian Police Blame Victims in Anti-Rape Campaign
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November 17, 2014
Dispatches: Hungary is Dragging the EU in the Wrong Direction
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September 8, 2014
Dispatches: Hungary’s Police Raids Squeeze Civil Society
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July 29, 2014
Dispatches: The End of Liberal Democracy in Hungary?
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June 24, 2014
Dispatches: Hungary’s Contempt for Civil Society
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June 13, 2014
Hungary’s Insidious Media Clampdown
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June 12, 2014
A Challenge for Kosovo: Justice for All
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June 5, 2014
Dispatches: Harassing Civil Society in Hungary
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March 27, 2014
Dispatches: Democracy Disabled in Hungary