Contacts & Spokespeople

To arrange an interview with an expert spokesperson, please contact the press office on:

• Telephone +44 (0)20 7413 5566
• Mobile +44 (0)7778472126
• Fax +44 (0)207 413 5835
• email press@amnesty.org

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• 1 Easton Street
• London
• WC1X 0DW
• United Kingdom

Secretary General - Chief spokesperson

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• Irene Khan
• Secretary General
• Languages: English, Bangla
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Global spokespeople

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• Judit Arenas
• Special Advisor to the Secretary General
• Languages: English, Spanish
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• Widney Brown
  
• Senior Director of International Law and Policy
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• Nicole Choueiry
  
• Press Officer for the Middle East and North Africa
• Languages: French, Arabic
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• Claudio Cordone
• Senior Director for Research and Regional Programmes
• Languages: English, French, Italian
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• Kate Gilmore
• Executive Deputy Secretary General
• Languages: English
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• Marcia Poole
  
• Senior Director of Communications
• Languages: Portuguese, English, French
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• Javier Zuñiga
• Special Adviser on regional human rights concerns
• Languages: Spanish, French
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Regional spokespeople

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• Lydia Aroyo
• Press Officer for Europe and Central Asia
• Languages: Russian
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• Veronique Aubert
  
• Deputy Director for Africa
• Languages: English, French
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• Erwin van der Borght
• Director for Africa
• Languages: English, French, Dutch
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• Tim Cahill
  
• Researcher on Brazil
• Languages: English, Portuguese
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• John Dalhuisen
• Researcher on Europe and Central Asia
• Languages: English, French, German
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• David Diaz-Jogeix
• Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia
• Languages: English, French, Spanish
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• Nicola Duckworth
  
• Director for Europe and Central Asia
• Languages: English, Russian
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• Drewery Dyke
• Researcher on Iran
• Languages: English, Farsi
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• Rob Freer
  
• Researcher on USA
• Languages: English
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• Donna Guest
• Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific
• Languages: English
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• Hassiba Hadj Sahroui
• Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa
• Languages: French, English
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• Tawanda Hondura
• Deputy Director for Africa
• Languages: English
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• Michelle Kagari
  
• Deputy Director for Africa
• Languages: English
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• Rupert Knox
  
• Researcher on Mexico
• Languages: English
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• Madhu Malhotra
  
• Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific
• Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujurati, Marathi
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• Simeon Mawanza
  
• Researcher on Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Malawi
• Languages: English, Shona
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• Marcelo Pollack
  
• Deputy Director for the Americas
• Languages: English, Spanish
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• Donatella Rovera
• Researcher on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian
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• Malcom Smart
  
• Director for the Middle East and North Africa
• Languages: English
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• Roseann Rife
  
• Deputy Director for the Asia-Pacific
• Languages: English
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• Sam Zarifi
  
• Director for the Asia-Pacific
• Languages: English, Persian (Dari)
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• Benjamin Zawacki
  
• Researcher on Thailand, Myanmar
• Languages: English, French
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Thematic spokespeople

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• Colm O Cuanachain
• Senior Director of Campaigns; expert on poverty
• Languages: English, Gaelic
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• Anne Fitzgerald
• Director of Research; expert on counter-terrorism and human rights
• Languages: English
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• Martin Macpherson
• Director of International Law and Organizations; expert on death penalty
• Languages: English, Swedish
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• Brian Wood
• Expert on conventional weapons & arms control
• Languages: English
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• Angela Wright
  
• Researcher on the USA; expert on tasers
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