[Daviscenter-list] Announcement - New Sakharov Fellow

The Sakharov Program on Human Rights is pleased to welcome Sakharov Fellow Eliza Musaeva, who will be in residence at the Davis Center this semester. Eliza Musaeva (Ph.D., Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical University), a native of Grozny, has written about the psychological trauma experienced by survivors and witnesses to atrocities in Chechnya. A well-known human rights researcher, she led the headquarters of Memorial in Ingushetia and in Chechnya. She worked for the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights in Vienna for nearly four years, until the recent suspension of the Federation’s activities. Her work there involved frequent travel to Ingushetia and Chechnya, as well as to Uzbekistan. Eliza works to inform Russian and international institutions about severe human rights violations and the general human rights situation in the region. Her efforts include monitoring the situation, publishing reports on current problems, and issuing statements and open letters on urgent cases. At Harvard, Eliza will study the mechanisms that ensure a state’s respect for human rights and its adherence to domestic and international standards. She intends to conduct a comparative analysis of the “War on Terror” in the Russian Federation and other countries, and to study the use of preventive counterterrorism measures in countries outside the Russian Federation. Please join me in extending to Eliza Musaeva a very warm welcome and best wishes for a productive and enjoyable semester. Tatiana Yankelevich Sakharov Program on Human Rights -- ---------------------------------------------- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 301 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.495.4037 Fax: 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu