Tanya Lokshina
Having joined Human Rights Watch in January 2008, Lokshina authored a range of reports on egregious abuses in Russia’s North Caucasus region and violations of international humanitarian law in context of the armed conflicts in Ukraine, Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh. She also extensively reported on Russia’s vicious crackdown on critics of the government, escalation of public protests and abuses against peaceful protesters in Belarus. Lokshina is a recipient of the 2006 Andrei Sakharov Award, “Journalism as an Act of Conscience.” Her articles have been featured in prominent media outlets, including CNN, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Moscow Times, Novaya Gazeta, and The Washington Post. Lokshina’s books include Chechnya Inside Out and Imposition of a Fake Political Settlement in the Northern Caucasus. In 2014, her article on the abusive virtue campaign against women in Chechnya was published in Chechnya at War and Beyond (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series).
Videos
Articles Authored
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March 3, 2016
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February 8, 2016
A Law Beyond Improvement
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December 22, 2015
Dispatches: The Crime of Speaking Up in Russia
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November 30, 2015
A refugee family’s ordeal in Russia
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November 24, 2015
Civil Society Under Siege
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November 10, 2015
Dispatches: Russian Government Targets Human Rights Giants
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October 27, 2015
Dispatches: A Baby’s Death in Russia – No Words Left
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October 2, 2015
Meanwhile in Putin's Russia, NGOs Face Oppression and Absurdity
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September 18, 2015
Dispatches: Russia, Crimea, and the Shrinking Space for Free Speech
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September 9, 2015
Donbass Is Clinging to Illusion of Peace
Reports Authored
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“We Had No Choice”
“Filtration” and the Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia
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Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians
Detainees Unlawfully Transferred to Russia, Possibly Held as Hostages
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Armenia: Unlawful Rocket, Missile Strikes on Azerbaijan
Investigate Indiscriminate Attacks, Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
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“They Have Long Arms and They Can Find Me”
Anti-Gay Purge by Local Authorities in Russia’s Chechen Republic
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“As If They Fell From the Sky”
Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia