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Yulia Gorbunova

Yulia Gorbunova

Senior Researcher, Ukraine, Russia Follow @yuliagorbunova_

Yulia Gorbunova is Ukraine and Russia senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. She also covers Belarus. She has most recently covered the crisis in Ukraine, where she worked extensively covering the armed conflict in the east and human rights abuses in Crimea, including enforced disappearances, prosecution and detention of Crimean Tatar and pro-Ukraine activists and abuses by paramilitary groups.

A lawyer by training, Yulia worked for Human Rights Watch on a range of issues, including human rights in armed conflict, refugee rights, political repression, freedom of assembly, association, and speech. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Gorbunova worked for a Sydney-based law firm that represented asylum seekers and refugees and the Disability Rights Fund, a grant-making organization in Boston. Gorbunova holds a master’s degree in professional communications from the University of Western Sydney and a bachelor's in law from Tyumen State University in Russia, with a focus on criminal law and international law. She speaks English and Russian.

Articles Authored

  • January 14, 2019 Dispatches

    Russian Authorities Increase Pressure on Crimean Human Rights Lawyer

  • November 7, 2018 Dispatches

    In Russia, Helping People with Diabetes is “Foreign Agent” Activity

  • September 7, 2018 Commentary

    Oleg Sentsov's Hunger Strike Evokes a Dark Page in Soviet History

    Published in The Moscow Times
  • July 30, 2018 Dispatches

    Leaked Video Blows Lid off Torture in Russian Prisons

  • July 26, 2018 Dispatches

    Ukrainian Detainee in Russia Urgently Needs Medical Help

  • May 24, 2018 Dispatches

    Russia Should Free Oleg Sentsov Before FIFA World Cup

  • April 13, 2018 Dispatches

    Telegram Loses Free Expression Battle to Russian Authorities

  • March 27, 2018 Dispatches

    Shopping Mall Tragedy Raises Concerns About Russian Response

  • February 14, 2018 Dispatches

    Law Not on Side of Russia’s Domestic Violence Victims

  • January 25, 2018 Dispatches

    Crimea is a Black Hole for Human Rights

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    October 25, 2018

    “I Could Kill You and No One Would Stop Me”

    Weak State Response to Domestic Violence in Russia

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    July 18, 2017

    Online and On All Fronts

    Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression

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    February 11, 2016

    Studying Under Fire

    Attacks on Schools, Military Use of Schools During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine

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    November 17, 2014

    Rights in Retreat

    Abuses in Crimea

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    April 24, 2013

    Laws of Attrition

    Crackdown on Russia’s Civil Society after Putin’s Return to the Presidency

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    March 14, 2011

    Shattering Hopes

    Post-Election Crackdown in Belarus

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