Tanya Lokshina
Having joined Human Rights Watch in January 2008, Lokshina authored a range of reports on egregious abuses in Russia’s North Caucasus region and violations of international humanitarian law in context of the armed conflicts in Ukraine, Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh. She also extensively reported on Russia’s vicious crackdown on critics of the government, escalation of public protests and abuses against peaceful protesters in Belarus. Lokshina is a recipient of the 2006 Andrei Sakharov Award, “Journalism as an Act of Conscience.” Her articles have been featured in prominent media outlets, including CNN, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Moscow Times, Novaya Gazeta, and The Washington Post. Lokshina’s books include Chechnya Inside Out and Imposition of a Fake Political Settlement in the Northern Caucasus. In 2014, her article on the abusive virtue campaign against women in Chechnya was published in Chechnya at War and Beyond (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series).
Videos
Articles Authored
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October 1, 2013
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September 13, 2013
Anti-gay law shames Putin’s Russia
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August 6, 2013
Under the Tightened Screws
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July 12, 2013
Dispatches: Meeting Edward Snowden
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December 6, 2012
Back to the (Soviet) Future
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November 15, 2012
Testimony on Human Rights in Russia
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October 29, 2012
Virtue Campaign on Women in Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov
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September 25, 2012
Russia's civil society crackdown continues
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August 24, 2012
Russian Rights at the Crossroads
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August 23, 2012
“You’re Disabled, You Can’t Fly!” Or Can You?
Reports Authored
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“We Had No Choice”
“Filtration” and the Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia
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Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians
Detainees Unlawfully Transferred to Russia, Possibly Held as Hostages
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Armenia: Unlawful Rocket, Missile Strikes on Azerbaijan
Investigate Indiscriminate Attacks, Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
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“They Have Long Arms and They Can Find Me”
Anti-Gay Purge by Local Authorities in Russia’s Chechen Republic
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“As If They Fell From the Sky”
Counterinsurgency, Rights Violations, and Rampant Impunity in Ingushetia