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ASIA WATCH UPDATE Patricia Gossmant Mike Jendrezejczkt Dinah PoKempnerttt The following is a transcript of a meeting organized by Human Rights Watch of California, held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, March 28, 1993. The principal speakers are from the Washington, D.C. office of Asia Watch. Ellen Lutz:' The first person that I want to introduce to you of our three speakers is not principally a field worker or researcher. Mike Jendrezejczyk is the Washington director of Human Rights Watch and is responsible for all of our advocacy work in Washing- ton, D.C. involving Asia Watch. It's a very significant component of our work because one of our key areas (since we're a U.S.-based organization) for policy pressure is in the Congress and the admin- istration in Washington. Mike comes from a background with Am- nesty International, and has been with us for a number of years. After Mike, we have two Asia Watch researchers who will speak. Patti Gossman is our South Asia researcher; she covers In- dia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. She returned ten days ago from a fact-finding mission to India where she has been investigating what's happening in a number of the most troubled areas. Our other speaker is Dinah PoKempner. I was very impressed when I heard her speak recently on the meaning of genocide and its appli- cation to Bosnia. Her great research love is Southeast Asia, and she has just come back from an official visit to Cambodia and Vietnam. Mike Jendrezejczyk: My job with the new administration is to keep President Clinton honest, to be sure that there is a very active constituency in Washington that keeps human rights high on the administration's agenda. I also want to say a bit about our work in Japan. Given Japan's role in Asia and world-wide as the largest t Research Associate, Asia Watch. Director of Asia Watch, Washington, D.C. ttt Research Associate, Asia Watch, Human Rights Watch. 1. Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, California; Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Law; Member, Board of Advisors, UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal.