AcknowledgementsHuman Rights Watch would like to thank the New York Community Trust for its generous support for this report and our work on Burma. Much of this report was researched with the assistance of a grant from the Research and Writing Initiative of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. We would also like to thank Naw Dwe Ler Htoo. Thanks also to Vicky Bowman & Anne Macro; Martin Smith; Tricia Hynes; M- & H-; Simon Phillips, Rosie Sharpe and Susanne Kempel; Uncle G, Sumlut G-M-; Rex; all at PKDS; Curtis Lambrecht; Aiontay Sanmann; Wolfgang Trost; P’dohs 224, David Taw & Kweh Htoo; Ti Gilbert, Ti Hla Khu & Saw Htoo Klee; Ti Roger, Saw Hla Henry, Saw Steve, Saw Ber Htoo, Saw Gyi Thein & all at CIDKP; Green Steve; Naw Bee, Paul & all at KESAN; Poo Charles; Naw Wah Wah Paw & Naw Lah Say Wah; Nai Kasauh Mon & HURFOM; the staff of Kao Wao & IMNA; all at MNEC; David Eubanks & the Free Burma Rangers; all at KHRG; Tom Kramer; Scott Lekie at COHRE; Jack Dunford, Sally Thompson & Duncan Macarthur at TBBC––and to many friends in Burma, who must remain anonymous. We would also like to thank the Karen Human Rights Groups and the Thailand Burma Border Consortium for their kind permission to use the maps found at the beginning of this report. This report was edited by Brad Adams, executive director for the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch; and Joe Saunders, deputy program director for Human Rights Watch. Jim Ross, general counsel for Human Rights Watch provided legal review. Jo-Anne Prud’homme, Andrea Holley, Veronica Matushaj, Fitzroy Hepkins, Jose Martinez, Jagdish Parikh, and Elijah Zarwan provided production assistance.
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