Elaine Pearson
Elaine Pearson is Asia director at Human Rights Watch. Based in London, Pearson works to build Human Rights Watch’s profile in Asia and around the globe. She regularly briefs journalists and policy makers. Pearson writes frequently for numerous publications, and her articles have appeared in the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Australian, and Human Rights Quarterly. From 2013 to 2023 she was Australia director of Human Rights Watch based in Sydney and from 2007 to 2012 she was the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division based in New York.