Acknowledgements

This report is based on research conducted in Ukraine in October 2002 by Jane Buchanan, Michael Bloomberg fellow researching in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and Diederik Lohman, senior researcher for Europe and Central Asia. It was written by Jane Buchanan. It was edited by Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division, Joseph Saunders, deputy program director, and Dinah PoKempner, general counsel. Veronika Leila Szente Goldston, advocacy director for the Europe and Central Asia division also edited this report. Invaluable assistance was provided by Leslie Smith, associate for the Europe and Central Asia division and Yana Chernova, Lidiya Nychuk, and Maria Sonevytsky, interns with the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch also thanks our Ukrainian colleagues, without whom we would not have been able to conduct the research for this report.

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