Lydia Gall
Lydia Gall is a human rights lawyer by training and comes with a background in Roma rights and the Middle East. She has previously worked on documenting violations of humanitarian law and human rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory followed by extensive work protecting and promoting the rights of the Romani minority in Europe.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Gall worked as a staff attorney involved in strategic litigation on behalf of Romani victims of human rights abuses, particularly in the fields of housing and education. As a freelance journalist, she wrote extensively on human rights abuses of Roma and on political developments with potential human rights implications in Central and Eastern Europe.
Articles Authored
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September 13, 2016
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March 9, 2016
Dispatches: Hungary’s New, Bigger Migrant Lockout
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February 16, 2016
Dispatches: What Bulgaria’s “Respect” for Refugees Really Looks Like
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January 11, 2016
Brussels shares responsibility for Poland’s rule-of-law crisis
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December 7, 2015
Dispatches: Asylum Seekers Stuck on the Serbia-Bulgaria Border
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November 25, 2015
Dispatches: Macedonia Blocking its Borders to People at Risk
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November 20, 2015
Dispatches: Discrimination at Western Balkan Borders Puts People at Risk
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October 30, 2015
Dispatches: Seeking Protection, Behind Bars in Hungary
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October 20, 2015
Dispatches: EU Border Closures Leave Asylum Seekers Stranded