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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June 6, 2018
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May 11, 2018
Protesters Detained in Kazakhstan
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April 11, 2018
Time for Straight Talk Between the EU and Kyrgyzstan
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February 20, 2018
What “Meaningful Progress” in Kazakhstan?
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January 19, 2018
With Kazakhstan, US ignores rights at its peril
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December 20, 2017
Another Blow to Media Freedom in Kyrgyzstan
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November 30, 2017
Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court Upholds Rulings that Muzzle Free Speech
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November 30, 2017
EU Needs to Press for Kazakhstan Reforms Now
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June 13, 2017
Not All that Glitters in Kazakhstan Is Gold
Reports Authored
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Uzbekistan: Backsliding on Religious Freedom Promises
Muslims Prosecuted; Faith Face Registration Obstacles
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