Rachel Denber
Rachel Denber, Deputy Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division, specializes in countries of the former Soviet Union. Previously, Denber directed Human Rights Watch's Moscow office and did field research and advocacy in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. She has authored reports on a wide range of human rights issues throughout the region. Denber earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in international relations and a master's degree in political science from Columbia University, where she studied at the Harriman Institute. She speaks Russian and French.
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Russian human rights activist kidnapped and murdered, PBS Worldfocus, July 16, 2009
Articles Authored
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July 15, 2021
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May 24, 2021
Belarus’s Shocking New Low in Crushing Dissent
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April 30, 2021
Crossing Another Rubicon in Russia
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September 30, 2020
A Delicate Legal Case, But Echoes of a Smear Campaign
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September 19, 2020
International Scrutiny Increases for Belarus
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August 21, 2020
Russia Needs an Investigation into Navalny’s Illness
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July 7, 2020
Another Journalist Arrested in Russia
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