Erdoğan should face consequences for his human-rights record, argues Hugh Williamson
Read MoreFor a Living Podcast: Hugh Williamson's Fight for Human Rights
This podcast interview focuses on my job at Human Rights Watch - what its like to work for a human rights organisation, how staff handle difficult situations doing research on rights abuses and what’s inspiring about my team and the work itself. You can listen here
Ukraine: Human Cost of Brutal Russian Invasion
On the first anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, my essay charting human rights violations in Ukraine and calling for perpetrators to be held to account
Read MoreCovid19: Protection Requires International Co-operation
Essay on the need for government responses to the pandemic based on respect for human rights and health protection
Read MoreThe Coronavirus in Europe: From Lockdowns to Power Grabs
This is in an interview i gave to a colleague at Human Rights Watch on the human rights aspects of responses to the deadly coronavirus. The region I manage covers the former Soviet Union, Europe, the Balkans and Turkey, and the human rights concerns and challenges are extremely varied.
Read MoreShuttering Notorious Jaslyk Prison a Victory for Human Rights in Uzbekistan
For 20 years torture was rampant in the prison in a remote desert. Pressrue from local and international human rights groups - including Human Rights Watch - helped bring its closure
Silencing of Activist shows Kazakhstan's Contempt for Rights
An activist who spoke up on the rights of ethnic minorities persecuted in Xinjiang region of China is pressured into giving up his campaigning
In Court with Osman Kavala: Turkey's Credibility on Trial
My account of the opening of the landmark court case near Istanbul against civic leader Osman Kavala and 15 other defendants.
Read MoreCOUNCIL OF EUROPE AT 70 - ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONCERNS
Despite many challenges. Europe’s leading human rights organization deserves strong support from member governments.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY AZERBAIJAN AT EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL
Let’s use the Europa League football final in Baku between Arsenal and Chelsea on May 29 to turn the spotlight on human rights in Azerbaijan.
German President Should Push Uzbekistan for Further Reforms
As German president Steinmeier travelled to Uzbekistan, I wrote this piece with a colleague for the HRW website
Read MoreBeyond the Tashkent Spring: Lessons from Uzbekistan's reforms
Six reasons Uzbekistan’s reform process matters to Germany
Time is ripe for broader reform in Uzbekistan
My letter to the Financial Times on the reform process underway in Uzbekistan
Read MoreWith Kazakhstan, US ignores rights at its peril
Why the US should pay attention to human rights and rule of law in Kazakhstan and not just Astana's efforts to play a role on the global stage
Read MoreOut of political prison in Uzbekistan, and still an optimist
Kazakhstan’s Human Rights Crackdown
Germany must do more against hate crime
Kyrgyzstan reaches out to Europe – while inching closer to Russia
Fears for Uzbekistan political prisoners as rights group gets rare access
Blair's Kazakhstan Odyssey, Two Years On
How HRW took on Tony Blair over his multi-million pound consultancy with authoritarian Kazakhstan
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