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Acknowledgements

This report was written by Mickey Spiegel, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. Brad Adams, executive director for the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, and Saman Zia-Zarifi, deputy Asia director, edited the report. It was reviewed by James Ross, senior counsel, and Joseph Saunders, deputy program director. Liz Weiss, coordinator for the Asia division, provided administrative and technical assistance. Production assistance was provided by Andrea Holley, manager of outreach and publications; Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager; Veronica Matushaj, photo editor; John Emerson, web advocate; and Jagdish Parikh, online communications content coordinator.

Human Rights Watch would like to thank the many members of the Tibetan community in several countries for their invaluable contributions to the report. Many, themselves victims or witnesses to human rights abuses, risked danger to themselves and their families by sharing their knowledge and experiences with us. We wish we were able to acknowledge publicly each and every person who contributed, but we would put them at risk were we to do so. We can name only five: Lobsang Tenpa, Jamyang Nyima, Tsedor, Lobsang Yonten, and Lochoe. Human Rights Watch also wishes to thank Robert Barnett, Sophia Conroy and Thupten Tsering for their many valuable contributions to the report.

Human Rights Watch acknowledges the generous support of the Isdell Foundation for our work on Tibet.



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We stand with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime.

We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.

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Its Asia division was established in 1985 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Asia. Brad Adams is executive director; Saman Zia-Zarifi is deputy director, Sara Colm and Mickey Spiegel are senior researchers; Meg Davis, Meenakshi Ganguly, Ali Hasan, Charmain Mohamed, John Sifton, and Tejshree Thapa are researchers; Thomas Kellogg is Orville Schell Fellow;Liz Weiss is coordinator; and Ami Evangelista is associate. Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is chairperson of the advisory committee.

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February 2004