Rachel Denber, is a deputy director in the Europe and Central Asia Division at Human Rights
Watch, specializing in countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Eurasian subregion. She
has done research and advocacy on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. She has authored and edited
reports on a wide range of human rights issues throughout the region.