Mihra Rittmann
Mihra Rittmann, senior Central Asia researcher, leads Human Rights Watch’s work on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, covering a wide range of human rights issues including freedom of assembly, association, and speech. In recent years Rittmann has researched and written reports on labor and disability rights in Kazakhstan. She previously lived and worked in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, documenting the aftermath of the June 2010 ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan and the persecution of Uzbekistan’s human rights defenders. Before she joined Human Rights Watch, Rittmann spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Moscow, collecting oral histories from former political prisoners of the Gulag, the Soviet prison camp system. Rittmann holds a master’s in human rights from the University of Essex and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. She speaks Russian.
Articles Authored
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August 28, 2014
Dispatches: Righting Freedom of Expression Wrongs in Kyrgyzstan
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June 10, 2014
Still Seeking Justice in Kyrgyzstan
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April 30, 2014
Dispatches: Kazakhstan Tightens Noose Around Rights
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December 13, 2013
Dispatches: French Court Mulls Case of At-Risk Kazakh Critic
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August 12, 2013
Dispatches: Using Kazakh Law to Silence Critics
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June 26, 2013
Cameron's Kazakhstan Visit – A Human Rights Opportunity
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June 16, 2013
Kyrgyzstan, Violence vs Justice
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December 11, 2012
Welcome Kyrgyzstan’s Leader, but Speak Up about Human Rights
Reports Authored
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Politically Targeted, Economically Isolated
How Kazakhstan’s Financing Terrorism List Compounds Human Rights Harms
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Uzbekistan: Backsliding on Religious Freedom Promises
Muslims Prosecuted; Faith Face Registration Obstacles
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