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Deputy Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division at Human Rights Watch

Rachel Denber is Deputy Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division at Human Rights Watch. Prior to her current post, Denber was the head of Human Rights Watch's Moscow office from 1992–97. She 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 specializes in countries of the former Soviet Union, and speaks fluent Russian and French. Upon joining Human Rights Watch in 1991 as a research associate she traveled on research and advocacy missions in Russia, the southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Baltic states. She has written and edited reports on human rights throughout the region.