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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August 17, 2012
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July 17, 2012
President Putin's First 60 Days
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January 22, 2012
World Report 2012: After the Fall
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January 10, 2012
The Soviet Fall and the Arab Spring
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March 10, 2011
A New Approach to Old Autocrats
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July 3, 2006
Cruelty Behind a Joke
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December 28, 2004
Post-Soviet democracy
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November 27, 2003
A Wake-up Call for Local Tyrants