Maria Lisitsyna
2006 Fellow, Kyrgyzstan
Maria is Project Manager on Central Asia at the Open Society Justice Initiative (New York). She was previously Researcher on Central Asia for Human Rights Watch. Maria's work at HRW focused on civil and political rights in Turkmenistan and the rights of migrant workers in Kazakhstan.
At the time of the 2006 Fellowship Programme, Maria was President and one of the founders of the Youth Human Rights Group - an NGO active in the field of legal reform for the protection of children and young people. Maria is also a Founder/Consultant of the Independent Human Rights Group, and is an elected member of the Constitutional Council of Kyrgyz Republic.
Masha, June 2006
Contact
If you would like to contact Maria please write to julie.utting@johnsmithtrust.org