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VI. Acknowledgments
This report was researched and written by Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies Director at Human
Rights Watch. It was edited by Phelim Kine, Deputy Asia Director. James Ross, Legal and
Policy Director, and Joseph Saunders, Deputy Program Director, provided legal and
program review, respectively. Diederik Lohman, Acting Director of the Health and Human
Rights Division, also reviewed this report.
Production assistance was provided by Michelle Lonnquist, associate with the
Emergencies Division; Olivia Hunter, associate with the Publications Division, Jose
Martinez, senior coordinator; and Fitzroy Hepkins, administrative manager.
Many activists and journalists in the Philippines assisted Human Rights Watch in our
research for this report, including the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group. Because
of President Duterte’s death threats against journalists and human rights activists, Human
Rights Watch has decided not to publicly acknowledge individual journalists and activists
for their important contributions to this report—but we pay tribute to their dedication and
courage in continuing to investigate, report, and expose the crimes that have accompanied
Duterte’s “war on drugs.”
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