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.