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This report was researched and written by consultant Kate Beddall. The report was edited by Joseph Saunders, deputy director of the Asia Division. Additional editing was done by Ken Roth, executive director, and Malcolm Smart, program director. Production assistance was provided by Adam Bassine, associate; Patrick Minges, publications director; and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager, Human Rights Watch.
The author would like to thank Danilyn Rutherford; The Human Rights Center at the University of California -Berkeley, which funded a portion of the research; local offices of the Indonsian Legal Aid Institute (Lembaga Bantuan Hukum) in Jayapura and Merauke; the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy in Jayapura; and Abigail Abrash. Invaluable assistance was provided by Alberth Rumbekwan of the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy in Jayapura, and Octovianus Mote, an Indonesian journalist who is currently a visiting scholar at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Human Rights Watch would like to thank all of the individuals who were interviewed for this report.
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The staff includes Kenneth Roth, executive director; Michele Alexander, development director; Reed Brody, advocacy director; Carroll Bogert, communications director; Barbara Guglielmo, finance director; Jeri Laber, special advisor; Lotte Leicht, Brussels office director; Patrick Minges, publications director; Susan Osnos, associate director; Maria Pignataro Nielsen, human resources director; Jemera Rone, counsel; Malcolm Smart, program director; Wilder Tayler, general counsel; and Joanna Weschler, United Nations representative. Jonathan Fanton is the chair of the board. Robert L. Bernstein is the founding chair.
Its Asia division was established in 1985 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Asia. Sidney Jones is the executive director; Mike Jendrzejczyk is Washington director; Joseph Saunders is deputy director; Smita Narula is senior researcher; Jeannine Guthrie is NGO liaison; Sara Colm, Jan van der Made, and Gary Risser are researchers; Mickey Spiegel is a consultant; Zama Coursen-Neff is a fellow; Liz Weiss and Adam Bassine are associates. Andrew J. Nathan is chair of the advisory committee and Orville Schell is vice chair.
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