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Russia: Government vs. Rights Groups
For the past four years, the Kremlin has sought to stigmatize criticism or alternative views of government policy as disloyal, foreign-sponsored, or even traitorous.
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OSCE Needs to ‘Catch Up’ on Rights
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Greece Refugee Camp Destroyed By Fire
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News ReleaseTajikistan: Video Spotlights Crackdown
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CommentaryThe Refugee Summit: A Failure of Vision
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News ReleaseHungary: Failing to Protect Vulnerable Refugees
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News ReleaseMontenegro: Release Journalist Pending Trial
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“Why Are You Keeping Me Here?”
Unaccompanied Children Detained in Greece
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"Like Walking a Minefield"
Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia’s Chechen Republic
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Hugh Williamson
Director, Europe and Central Asia Division HughAWilliamson
Rachel Denber
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Rachel_Denber
Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Benjamin_P_Ward
Philippe Dam
Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division @Philippe_Dam
Jane Buchanan
Associate Director, Europe & Central Asia Division, Children's Rights Division JaneMBuchanan
Emina Ćerimović
Researcher, Disability Rights Division EminaHRW
Eva Cossé
Assistant Researcher, Greece Eva_Cosse
Tanya Cooper
Researcher, Ukraine and Belarus tanyacooper_
Lydia Gall
Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans LydsG
Giorgi Gogia
South Caucasus Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Giorgi_Gogia
Yulia Gorbunova
Researcher, Russia yuliagorbunova_
Tanya Lokshina
Russia Program Director TanyaLokshina
Mihra Rittmann
Researcher, Central Asia mihrarittmann
Emma Sinclair-Webb
Turkey Director esinclairwebb
Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division sunderland_jude
Steve Swerdlow
Researcher, Central Asia steveswerdlow
Rebecca Riddell
NYU Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division @Rebecca_Riddell
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Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
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Fleeing Syria and Stranded in Hungary
Interactive Photo Feature: Thousands of asylum-seekers, including many from war-torn Syria, arrive daily in Hungary, seeking a path to Germany and other Western European countries. Hungary has detained and at times refused to allow people to continue onwards to Western Europe, citing an EU regulation. As a result, thousands have been stranded at Budapest's Keleti train station. Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed scores. Here are their stories. >>
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Breaking Barriers: The Disability Rights Movement in Russia
Although people with disabilities in Russia have seen improvements since the end of the Soviet era, they remain largely cut off from society.
