Patricia Gossman
Patricia Gossman is an associate director for the Asia division. Prior to joining HRW, Dr. Gossman was Director of the Afghanistan Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice on Afghanistan, and was the founder and director of the Afghanistan Justice Project, an OSI-funded project to document war crimes committed during the Afghan conflict, 1978-2001. She was Senior Researcher for South Asia at Human Rights Watch in the 1990s, covering not only Afghanistan, but India, Pakistan and Nepal. Dr. Gossman received her doctorate in South Asian Studies from the University of Chicago and is widely published on human rights issues in the region.
Articles Authored
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September 14, 2021
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August 27, 2021
‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me’
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August 23, 2021
Proposed Pakistan Authority Seeks Greater Control of Media
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August 23, 2021
UN Rights Body Needs to Investigate Abuses in Afghanistan
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July 30, 2021
Arrest of Afghan Journalists Highlights Larger Concerns
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July 13, 2021
US Should Help Afghan Civil Society Partners at Risk
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July 6, 2021
How US-Funded Abuses Led to Failure in Afghanistan
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May 27, 2021
Doing Human Rights in Afghanistan Right this Time
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Reports Authored
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“No Forgiveness for People Like You”
Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban
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“I Thought Our Life Might Get Better”
Implementing Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence against Women Law
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“You Have No Right to Complain”
Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan
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