
Yulia Gorbunova
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
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- Commentary
Creating Sochi Olympic site comes at high cost for local residents
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Reports Authored
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“I Could Kill You and No One Would Stop Me”
Weak State Response to Domestic Violence in Russia
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Online and On All Fronts
Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression
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Studying Under Fire
Attacks on Schools, Military Use of Schools During the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
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Rights in Retreat
Abuses in Crimea
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Laws of Attrition
Crackdown on Russia’s Civil Society after Putin’s Return to the Presidency
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Shattering Hopes
Post-Election Crackdown in Belarus