XII. Acknowledgments

Gerry Simpson, researcher and advocate with Human Rights Watchs Refugee Program, was the lead researcher and author of this report. Christoph Wilcke, senior researcher for Human Rights Watchs Middle East and North Africa division, and Nir Rosen, consultant to the Middle East and North Africa Division, also conducted interviews and provided research. Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, edited the report. James Ross, legal and policy director, provided legal review. Andrew Mawson, deputy program director, provided program review. Sarah Mahmoud-Davis and Naseema Noor, interns with the Middle East and North Africa division, provided research assistance. Brent Giannotta and Nadia Barhoum, associates with the Middle East and North Africa division, prepared the report for publication. Grace Choi, director of publications, and Fitzroy Hepkins, production manager, provided additional production assistance.

Human Rights Watch thanks all interviewees from Yemeni and international human rights and humanitarian organizations who gave generously of their time. We would also like to thank the journalists, academics and others who spoke with Human Rights Watch. Many of the names of agencies and individuals who were interviewed have to be withheld because of their concern that disclosure of their identity might expose them to adverse consequences at the hands of the Yemeni authorities.

We would also like to thank the numerous political leaders and government officials who agreed to be interviewed for this report.

Finally, we wish to thank the many Yemeni victims and eyewitnesses of human rights violations who provided us with their personnel accounts of what were frequently very painful events.