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Rachel Denber

Rachel Denber

Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Follow @Rachel_Denber

Rachel Denber, Deputy Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division, specializes in countries of the former Soviet Union. Previously, Denber directed Human Rights Watch's Moscow office and did field research and advocacy in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. She has authored reports on a wide range of human rights issues throughout the region. Denber earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in international relations and a master's degree in political science from Columbia University, where she studied at the Harriman Institute. She speaks Russian and French.

Video

Russian human rights activist kidnapped and murdered, PBS Worldfocus, July 16, 2009

Videos

From HRW

  • July 14, 2015 Video

    Armenia Blocks Essential Drugs, Patients Die in Pain

Articles Authored

  • January 26, 2018 Dispatches

    Ukraine’s Misguided Curbs on Freedom of Expression

  • January 23, 2018 Dispatches

    Prominent Rights Group Targeted Yet Again in Chechnya

  • November 16, 2017 Dispatches

    Another Chance to Right a Wrong in Azerbaijan

  • October 23, 2017 Dispatches

    Russia Is No Safe Place For Independent Journalists

  • September 15, 2017 Dispatches

    Turkmenistan Treating Sporting Event Like National Emergency

  • July 21, 2017 Dispatches

    Putin’s Surprise Birthday Visit…to a Human Rights Legend

  • April 20, 2017 Commentary

    As Gay Men are Detained and Killed in Chechnya, the Kremlin is Slow to Respond

    Published in America Magazine
  • April 12, 2017 Dispatches

    The Wrong Time for Tillerson to Freeze Out Russia’s Independent Groups

  • March 26, 2017 Dispatches

    Nation-Wide Protests Over Corruption Take Place Across Russian Cities

  • November 17, 2016 Dispatches

    Moscow Holds International Justice in Contempt

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