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Mihra Rittmann
Mihra Rittmann, senior Central Asia researcher, leads Human Rights Watch’s work on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, covering a wide range of human rights issues including freedom of assembly, association, and speech. In recent years Rittmann has researched and written reports on labor and disability rights in Kazakhstan. She previously lived and worked in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, documenting the aftermath of the June 2010 ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan and the persecution of Uzbekistan’s human rights defenders. Before she joined Human Rights Watch, Rittmann spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Moscow, collecting oral histories from former political prisoners of the Gulag, the Soviet prison camp system. Rittmann holds a master’s in human rights from the University of Essex and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. She speaks Russian.
Articles Authored
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July 19, 2019
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June 26, 2019
Trade Union Leader Faces Prison Time in Kazakhstan
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April 12, 2019
Germany Should Press Kyrgyzstan President on Rights
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March 19, 2019
Kazakhstan’s Soviet-Era Leader Resigns After 30 Years
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December 6, 2018
Veteran Rights Defender Languishes in Kyrgyzstan Jail
Reports Authored
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Uzbekistan: Backsliding on Religious Freedom Promises
Muslims Prosecuted; Faith Face Registration Obstacles
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