I am grateful to the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs for affording me this opportunity to
appear before you. In addition to my academic work as a specialist in Tibetan Studies, I have also
served for some time as a consultant to Human Rights Watch. Most recently, I collaborated with
Human Rights Watch on a new book, Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile (published with
Aperture Foundation) graphically detailing the reality of exile from Tibet today and the role that human
rights violations play in forcing many Tibetans to leave their homeland. It is as a representative of
Human Rights Watch that I address this Subcommittee.