Ole Solvang

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Ole Solvang (@OleSolvang), Deputy Director of the emergencies division of human Rights Watch, works to investigate and expose human rights violations in crisis situations on a rapid-response basis. Since 2001, he has worked for Human Rights Watch in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Syria and its neighboring countries, and Ukraine. Solvang holds a master’s degree of international affairs from New York’s Columbia University with a focus on international human rights and the former Soviet Union.

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Heavy smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 18, 2014.

Pentagon Admits Major Investigation Flaw: They Rarely Talk to Air Strike Witnesses or Victims

Jun. 29, 2017 Sarah Knuckey, Ole Solvang and 2 more