Acknowledgements We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals and organisations for their support and encouragement in putting together the Minority Report 2019. Afghanistan The Afghanistan chapter was drafted by the Civil Society and Human Rights Network in close consultation with civil society activists in Kabul. Our special thanks are due to the roundtable participants, interviewees and the project team whose contribution, inputs and support were invaluable to the success of the project. We would also like to thank M H Hassrat for reviewing the draft chapter. Bangladesh We are grateful to the following organisations for their support and guidance in drafting the Bangladesh chapter: Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM), Bangladesh Dalit Women Federation, Council of minorities, Maulavibazar Cha Jonogosthi Adivasi Front, and Jatio Adivasi Parishad (JAP). We would also like to extend a word of thanks to Qazi Zahed Iqal for revewing the draft chapter. India We are grateful to Abdul Batin Khandekar in Guwahati, Shahjahan Ali Ahmad in Barpeta, and the many affected families and community mobilisers we spoke with in Assam’s Barpeta, Moregaon and Guwahati districts, for our research. We are also grateful to Chayanika Saxena, Khodadad Bisharat, Sabber Kyaw Min, Anam Ajmal and Ashutosh Joshi for helping us reach out to Afghan, Rohingya and Pakistani Hindu refugees in Delhi. We also owe a word of thanks to Ghazala Jamil for reviewing the draft chapter.

Select target paragraph3